pray

  1. Verb.  To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
  2. Verb.  To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  3. Verb.  (religion, Christianity) to talk to God for any reason.
  4. Adverb.  please; used to make a polite request.

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