Past tense of pray
regular verb
The past tense of pray is prayed. The past participle is also prayed.
Forms of pray
| Base form (V1) | pray /pɹeɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | prayed /pɹeɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | prayed /pɹeɪd/ |
| Present participle | praying |
| Third person singular | prays /pɹeɪz/ |
Prayed in a sentence
- He prayed to God "please heal my sister", while she declared "I am healed in Jesus' name".From the entry declare
- The nuns prayed on the matter daily, sending flutters of devotion to the heavens.From the entry flutter
- For so long I've pled and prayed, "God, come to my rescue!"2018, Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, “Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call (Psalm 42)”. From the entry pled
- I prayed for the buttery balik (smoked sturgeon) instead of the prestigious but disgusting canned cod liver.2013, Anya von Bremzen, “1970s: Mayonnaise of My Homeland”, in Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, New…. From the entry cod liver
- Other, smaller craters in the North Sea and Ukraine have been prayed in aid of this theory.2009 October, The Economist, page 84. From the entry pray in aid
Meaning of pray
- verb 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.
- verb To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
- verb To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
Questions about the past tense of pray
- What is the past tense of pray?
- The past tense of pray is prayed.
- What is the past participle of pray?
- The past participle of pray is prayed.
- Is pray a regular or irregular verb?
- Pray is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pray (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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