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Supplication :: Supplication (n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

Habit :: Habit (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior..

Diaper :: Diaper (n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.

Anaphora :: Anaphora (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Win :: Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country..

Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..

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

Address :: Address (v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters..

Grace :: Grace (n.) A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal..

Present :: Present (a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment..

Sue :: Sue (v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

Requester :: Requester (n.) One who requests; a petitioner.

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

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

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

Competitive :: Competitive (a.) Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination..

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

Winning :: Winning (n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition..

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..

Troll :: Troll (n.) The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

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