Word

pray, v.
(prayed, praying, prays)
freq. cnt. 23

address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 21

pray

"pray to the Lord"

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

call upon in supplication; entreat
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

beg implore pray

"I beg you to stop!"

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s him to write the letter
They %s to move

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s him to write the letter

Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s to move

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

also see

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym