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Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.

Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally..

Memorial :: Memorial (n.) A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition..

Replication :: Replication (n.) A repetition; a copy.

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..

Asker :: Asker (n.) One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.

Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..

Repeat :: Repeat (n.) That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.)..

Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..

Supplicated :: Supplicat (n.) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with..

Supplicancy :: Suppliant (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

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

Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons..

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner..

Encore :: Encore (n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous..

Supplicatingly :: Supplicate (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.

Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.

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.

Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc..

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