petition /pə-tishˈən/

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)

1. To address a petition to
2. To ask for

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

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