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| NOUN | 1 | petition, request, postulation | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority |
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| 2 | petition, prayer, orison | Reverent petition to a deity | |
| VERB | 1 | petition | Write a petition for something to somebody |
| Sounds | pahtih'shahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
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| Synonyms | request, postulation |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
| Narrower | application; solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering; demand |
| Adjectives | petitionary; petitionary |
| Verbs | petition |
| Meaning | Reverent petition to a deity. |
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| Synonyms | prayer, orison |
| Broader | request, asking |
| Narrower | prayer wheel; benediction, blessing; collect; commination; deprecation; grace, blessing, thanksgiving; intercession; invocation, supplication; requiescat |
| Meaning | Write a petition for something to somebody. Request formally and in writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They petition to move |
| Broader | request, bespeak, call for, quest |
| Narrower | supplicate |
| Nouns | petitioner; petition |
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