Definition of petition

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

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Request :: Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Orator :: Orator (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner..
Repetitionary :: Repetitionary (a.) Of the nature of, or containing, repetition..
Encore :: Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer..
Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons..
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition..
Supplicated :: Supplicat (n.) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. i.) To make an earnest petition or request.
Time :: Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A common name for various machines which produce a manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping mill, etc..
Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty..
Petitioning :: Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Replication :: Replication (n.) A repetition; a copy.
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court..
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..
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Memorialize :: Memorialize (v. t.) To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature..
Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed..
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc..
Repetitional :: Repetitional (a.) Alt. of Repetitionar.
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