pray

About 14.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

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.
Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.
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.
verb To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
She is praying that the Red Sox will win tonight.
verb To implore, to entreat, to request.
adverb Please; used to make a polite request
pray silence for…
adverb Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you”).