Definizione monolingua

pray

pray (third-person singular simple present prays, present participle praying, simple past and past participle prayed)

1. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
3. (religion, Christianity, Judaism, Islam) to talk to God for any reason.

pray (not comparable)

1. please; used to make a polite request.
   • 1816: Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8

     ""Pray, Mr. Knightley,"" said Emma, who had been smiling to herself through a great part of this speech, ""how do you know that Mr. Martin did not speak yesterday?""

   • Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter 10, 1841:

     Pray don’t ask me why, pray don’t be sorry, pray don’t be vexed with me!

   • Frederick Marryat, The Mission, Chapter XXI, 1845:

     Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.

Definizione dizionario pray

	pregare
	to talk to God

chiedere

domandare

implorare

invocare

mendicare

pregano

pretendere

supplicare

Altri significati:

(religion, Christianity, Judaism) to talk to God for any reason.

(to) pray

To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.

please; used to make a polite request.

To address God or a higher being with praise, thanksgiving, confession or supplication.

To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

to petition a higher being

To make a request in a humble manner.

to beg humbly for aid