pray

To utter or address a prayer or prayers to a deity or an object of worship, often as an entreaty.

To use prayer to request (that something may happen).

To say (a prayer or group of prayers).

To make a devout or earnest request for.

To utter or say a prayer or prayers to; address by prayer.

To ask (someone) imploringly for something; beseech. Used chiefly in the phrase I pray you to introduce a polite or urgent request or question.

Used to make a polite or urgent request or question.

An obsolete spelling of prey.

A dialectal form of pry.

To ask earnestly; beg; entreat; supplicate, as for a personal grace or favor.