Canadian English Meaning of petition
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Definitions and Meaning of petition in English
petition (n)
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
reverent petition to a deity
petition (v)
write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
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.
A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document.
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.
petition (v. i.)
To make a petition or solicitation.
FAQs About the word petition
petition
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority, reverent petition to a deity, write a petition for something to somebody; request forma
appeal,plea,prayer,application,cry,demand,desire,entreaty,pleading,request
hint,imply,please,suggest,appease,conciliate,content,gratify,force,pacify
petitio principii => circular argument, petitio => petition, petiteness => Daintiness, petite marmite => Petite marmite, petite bourgeoisie => Lower middle class,
