to pray for something to happen

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• pray — [[t]pre͟ɪ[/t]] prays, praying, prayed 1) VERB When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. He spent his time in prison praying and studying... [V to n] Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to… …   English dictionary

• pray — pray1 W3S3 [preı] v [I and T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preier, from Latin precari, from prex request, prayer ] 1.) to speak to God in order to ask for help or give thanks →↑prayer ▪ They went to the mosque to pray. pray for ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pray — 1 /preI/ verb 1 (I, T) to speak to God in order to ask for help or give thanks: They went to the mosque to pray. (+ for): Let us pray for peace. (+ to): Martha prayed to God every night. | pray sth: “Dear Lord, show me my duty,” she prayed. 2 (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Make It Happen (Mariah Carey song) — Make It Happen …   Wikipedia

• call — call1 [ kɔl ] verb *** ▸ 1 ask/tell someone to come ▸ 2 shout to someone ▸ 3 telephone someone ▸ 4 describe someone/something ▸ 5 use a name for someone/something ▸ 6 say/announce something loudly ▸ 7 organize something ▸ 8 of animals ▸ 9 say… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• call — 1 verb HAVE/USE A NAME 1 (T) be called sth to have a particular name or title: They have a three year old son called Matthew. | What was that book called? 2 (T) to use a particular name or title when you speak to someone: My name s Alan, but you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• call down — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke …   Useful english dictionary

• Ned Chaillet — Edward William Ned Chaillet, III (  /ˈʃaɪ …   Wikipedia

• call down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms call down : present tense I/you/we/they call down he/she/it calls down present participle calling down past tense called down past participle called down literary call something down on someone to pray for… …   English dictionary

• Miracle — For other uses, see Miracle (disambiguation). The Raising of Lazarus, (c. 1410) from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Musée Condé, France. A miracle often denotes an event attributed to divine intervention. Alternatively, it may be an… …   Wikipedia