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verb

(1) Call upon in supplication; entreat

"I beg you to stop!"

(2) Address God; say a prayer

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Etymology

preien < preier, (French prier) < precari, from prex, precis, “a prayer, a request”; akin to Sanskrit prach “to ask”, Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Confer deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

Verb

To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
to talk to God for any reason.