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Pray

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imploreverb(transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
begverb(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

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imploreverb(transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
begverb(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
prayernoun(uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
worshipverbThe devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
instructverb(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
praiseverbTo give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
welcomeverbTo affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
readverb(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
supplicateverb(transitive) To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
entreatverb(transitive) To ask earnestly or beg for (something, such as a benefit or favour).
beseechverbTo beg or implore something of (a person).
inviteverb(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
wishverbA desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
pleadverb(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
hopeverbTo want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
pleaseverb(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
requestverb(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
askverbTo request or petition.
urgeverb(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
arriveverb(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

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