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Asking :: Asking (n.) The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.

Replica :: Replica (v. & n.) Repetition.

Impetrable :: Impetrable (a.) Capable of being obtained or moved by petition.

Petition :: Petition (n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer..

Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..

Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill..

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

Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master..

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..

Winning :: Winning (n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural..

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

Petitioning :: Petitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petitio.

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.)..

Competitory :: Competitory (a.) Acting in competition; competing; rival.

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.

Referendary :: Referendary (n.) An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.

Repetitive :: Repetitive (a.) Containing repetition; repeating.

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.

Epiphora :: Epiphora (n.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas..

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

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