Definition of petition

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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..

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Impetrable :: Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..
Asker :: Asker (n.) One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.
Address :: Address (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience)..
Supplicancy :: Suppliant (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Rivalry :: Rivalry (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition..
Implore :: Implore (v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought..
Gain :: Gain (n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize..
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant..
Custom :: Custom (n.) Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
Alliteration :: Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -.
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Self-repetition :: Self-repetition (n.) Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
Over :: Over (adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over..
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..
Petitioning :: Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Phyton :: Phyton (n.) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer..
Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong..
Requester :: Requester (n.) One who requests; a petitioner.
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