Please vs. Pray

Pleaseverb

(transitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

Pleaseverb

To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

Pleaseadverb

Used to make a polite request.

Pleaseadverb

Used as an affirmative to an offer.

Pleaseadverb

An expression of annoyance or impatience.

Pleaseadverb

(Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information.

Pleaseverb

To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

Pleaseverb

To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.

Pleaseverb

To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; - used impersonally.

Pleaseverb

To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.

Pleaseverb

To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.

Pleaseverb

give pleasure to or be pleasing to;

Pleaseverb

be the will of or have the will (to);

Pleaseverb

give satisfaction;

Pleaseadverb

used in polite request;

Pleaseverb

cause to feel happy and satisfied

Pleaseverb

give satisfaction

Pleaseverb

satisfy aesthetically

Pleaseverb

take only one's own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed

Pleaseverb

wish or desire to do something

Pleaseverb

it is someone's choice to do something

Pleaseadverb

used in polite requests or questions

Pleaseadverb

used to add urgency and emotion to a request

Pleaseadverb

used to agree politely to a request

Pleaseadverb

used in polite or emphatic acceptance of an offer

Pleaseadverb

used to ask someone to stop doing something of which the speaker disapproves

Pleaseadverb

used to express incredulity or irritation

Prayverb

To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.

Prayverb

To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.

Prayverb

(religion) To communicate with God for any reason.

Prayverb

(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

Prayadverb

Please; used to make a polite request.

Praynoun

See Pry.

Prayverb

To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.

Prayverb

To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

Prayverb

To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

Prayverb

To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Prayverb

address God; say a prayer

Prayverb

call upon in supplication; entreat;