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petitioned |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr & vb n. {Petitioning}.] 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. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak.
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