prayed

verb

1. To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.“Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.”
2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
3. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
4. To implore, to entreat, to request.