All pray synonyms
pray
P p verb pray
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- yen β an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: Β₯; Abbreviation: Y.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- obsecrate β to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- entreat β Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
- bummed β depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- impetrate β to obtain by entreaty.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- dunning β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- come on to β When you come on to a particular topic, you start discussing it.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- invoke β to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- hang in β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hope β Anthony, pen name of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- hawked β a noisy effort to clear the throat.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- dun β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- ask β If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- knock on wood β the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- obtest β to invoke as witness.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- bumming β a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- look forward to β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- conjure β If you conjure something out of nothing, you make it appear as if by magic.
- hawking β to make an effort to raise phlegm from the throat; clear the throat noisily.
- will β Wallace, 1875β1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- have in β to ask (a person) to give a service
- invite β to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.