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请求,恳求;祈祷,祈求请求,恳求,祷告,祈祷

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pray \Pray\, v. t.
   1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat;
      to implore; to beseech.

            And as this earl was preyed, so did he. --Chaucer.

            We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God. --2 Cor.
                                                  v. 20.

   2. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication;
      to entreat for.

            I know not how to pray your patience. --Shak.

   3. To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out
      of purgatory. --Milman.

   {To pray in aid}. (Law)
      (a) To call in as a helper one who has an interest in the
          cause. --Bacon.
      (b) A phrase often used to signify claiming the benefit of
          an argument. See under {Aid}. --Mozley & W.

Pray \Pray\, n. & v.
   See {Pry}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Pray \Pray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Praying}.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari,
   fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to
   ask, AS. frignan, fr[=i]nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth.
   fra['i]hnan. Cf. {Deprecate}, {Imprecate}, {Precarious}.]
   To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something
   desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to
   a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to
   address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession,
   supplication, and thanksgiving.

         And to his goddess pitously he preyde.   --Chaucer.

         When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou
         hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in
         secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
         reward thee openly.                      --Matt. vi. 6.

   {I pray}, or (by ellipsis) {Pray}, I beg; I request; I
      entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a
      request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me
      to go.

            I pray, sir. why am I beaten?         --Shak.

   Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech;
        petition.

Pray \Pray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Praying}.] [OE. preien, OF. preier, F. prier, L. precari,
   fr. prex, precis, a prayer, a request; akin to Skr. prach to
   ask, AS. frignan, fr[=i]nan, fricgan, G. fragen, Goth.
   fra['i]hnan. Cf. {Deprecate}, {Imprecate}, {Precarious}.]
   To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something
   desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to
   a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to
   address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession,
   supplication, and thanksgiving.

         And to his goddess pitously he preyde.   --Chaucer.

         When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou
         hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in
         secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
         reward thee openly.                      --Matt. vi. 6.

   {I pray}, or (by ellipsis) {Pray}, I beg; I request; I
      entreat you; -- used in asking a question, making a
      request, introducing a petition, etc.; as, Pray, allow me
      to go.

            I pray, sir. why am I beaten?         --Shak.

   Syn: To entreat; supplicate; beg; implore; invoke; beseech;
        petition.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pray
     v 1: address God; say a prayer
     2: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
        [syn: {beg}, {implore}]