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To speak with God; ask him questions, express your heart and plead your case.
He prayed that as he stood in court, God would soften the judge's firm heart.
Pray by Author S. M. L July 6, 2018
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Something people do to pretend that their apathy is really concern. Also known as "I could care less what happens to you unless it affects me directly, but I don't want anyone to think I'm the craven, spineless self-absorbed weasel I really am." Mostly promised in lieu of actual help.
My grandmother's friend knows that I have a rare blood type and have only a 9% chance of finding a kidney for transplant, but instead of trying to help me avoid a lifetime of dialysis by asking her fellow churchgoers to get tested for crossmatch, she is afraid of "offending" someone by asking, and believes that sending me a worthless little card depicting a no-name saint and a promise to pray for me, ensuring me a much shorter lifespan, largely consisting of sleeping and sitting for 12 hours a week watching my blood go in and out of my body is just as good as asking for donors and that it will help me obtain a kidney. What a joke.
pray by Chandra February 16, 2005
N. 1 To talk to God 2 Get down on your knees and ask God for forgiveness
"Why do so many people pray to God on Sunday.......his day off......."
pray by Ryan September 9, 2004
1. To worship a deity/spirit/person showing utter reverence, devotion, and love.

2. To contact spirit(s) that are beyond regular means of human communication for means of asking favors, giving intentions, showing forgiveness, asking of the prayers of the spirit(s), showing reverence or tribute, etc...
1. To worship God.
2. To contact a saint or spirit.
pray by nikkan_hanil June 30, 2004
"To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy "(Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary. 1911).
pray by Antinous September 11, 2003
one day, we shall all fall, to our knees some, others to what they fear, in that moment every mind, will share, and dreams will become what we see, no power will inhibit our beleif, everything the present participle, will persist and be understood. air will breathe and fire will ignite. and then...she will be the past participle, and we will dance for eternity.
pray the opposite of high and low frequency, sound mind control.
pray by DiamondOne July 30, 2008