transitive. To plead or petition for; to solicit. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

transitive. To approach (a person) with a request; to petition or suggest to. Obsolete.

To entreat or petition (a person) for, or to do, something; to urge, importune; to ask earnestly or persistently.

transitive. = supplicate, v. 2.

transitive. To address an earnest or humble plea to (a person in a position of power or authority); to ask, beg, entreat; (Oxford University) to…

transitive. To make a request or supplication to; spec. to address a written petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause; to make a…

transitive. To address humbly, supplicate; = petition, v. 1.

transitive. To make a formal application, suit, or request to (a monarch, a court, Parliament, etc.). Frequently with that-clause, infinitive, or for.

Politics. transitive. To present a formal declaration or argument to (a monarch, minister, or legislative body); to petition. Cf. address, n. 2c.

To make (one) the subject or object of a bill; to libel, lampoon; to indict; to petition. Obsolete.