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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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.)..
Encore :: Encore (adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part..
Anaphora :: Anaphora (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
Repetitional :: Repetitional (a.) Alt. of Repetitionar.
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..
Ingemination :: Ingemination (n.) Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
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.
Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
Petitioning :: Petitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petitio.
Applicant :: Applicant (n.) One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
Asking :: Asking (n.) The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.
Rivalry :: Rivalry (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition..
Vie :: Vie (v. t.) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy..
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..
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Inculcation :: Inculcation (n.) A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions.
Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant..
Wish :: Wish (n.) Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation..
Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..
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