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单词 petitioner
释义

petition /pə-tishˈən/

noun
  1. A formal request to an authority
  2. A written supplication signed by a number of people
  3. A written application to a court of law
  4. The thing asked for
  5. A supplication
  6. A prayer
  7. A parliamentary bill (obsolete)
  8. An axiom or postulate (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To address a petition to
  2. To ask for
ORIGIN: L petītiō, -ōnis, from petere to ask

petiˈtionary adjective

petiˈtioner noun

  1. Someone who petitions
  2. (with cap) one of the party that petitioned Charles II in 1680 to summon Parliament, opp to Abhorrer (historical)

petitˈioning noun

petiˈtionist noun

petitory /petˈi-tə-ri/ adjective

Petitioning

Petition of Right noun

A parliamentary declaration, in the form of a petition of the rights of the people, assented to by Charles I in 1628
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