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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Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..
Tend :: Tend (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune..
Competitory :: Competitory (a.) Acting in competition; competing; rival.
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
Augmentation :: Augmentation (n.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length..
Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation..
Supplicatingly :: Supplicate (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
Frequentative :: Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb..
Troll :: Troll (n.) The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..
Ingemination :: Ingemination (n.) Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty..
Response :: Response (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..
Mastery :: Mastery (n.) Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
Encore :: Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer..
Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
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