Definition of prays:
(v) :
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
(v) :
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
(v) :
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
(v) :
(obsolete or law) To implore, to entreat, to request.
(v) :
(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
(adv) :
(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request