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Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.

Petitioning :: Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

Address :: Address (v.) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost..

Importunate :: Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity..

Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..

Wish :: Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation..

Petition :: Petition (v. i.) To make a petition or solicitation.

Petition :: Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor..

Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note..

Petitory :: Petitory (a.) Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.

Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune..

Petitionarily :: Petitionarily (adv.) By way of begging the question; by an assumption.

Tautophony :: Tautophony (n.) Repetition of the same sound.

Memorialize :: Memorialize (v. t.) To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature..

Jury :: "Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize..

Clatter :: Clatter (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds..

Petitionee :: Petitionee (n.) A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition..

Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation..

Protection :: Protection (n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade..

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