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Address :: Address (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience)..

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..

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..

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

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.

Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..

Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers..

Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms..

Repetitioner :: Repetitioner (n.) One who repeats.

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

Petitioning :: Petitioning (n.) The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc..

Unite :: Unite (v. i.) To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all parties united in signing the petition..

Paragon :: Paragon (n.) Emulation; rivalry; competition.

Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..

Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.

Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty..

What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition..

Intercession :: Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others..

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