PETITION
Pe*ti"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Petitioning.]
Defn: 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. You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. Shak.
PETITION
Pe*ti"tion, v. i.
Defn: To make a petition or solicitation.
PETITIONARILY
Pe*ti"tion*a*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of begging the question; by an assumption. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
PETITIONARY
Pe*ti"tion*a*ry, a.
1. Supplicatory; making a petition. Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. Shak.
2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle. Swift.
PETITIONEE
Pe*ti`tion*ee", n.