'Petitioning' definitions:
Definition of 'Petitioning'
From: GCIDE
- Petitioning \Pe*ti"tion*ing\, n. The act of presenting apetition; a supplication. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Petitioning'
From: GCIDE
- Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Petitioning.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my prosperity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Petitioning'
- Petit,
- Petition,
- Petitioned,
- petite,
- petiteness,
- Petit constable,
- Petit jury,
- Petit larceny,
- Petit larceny are,
- Petit maitre,
- Petit mal,
- Petit sergeanty,
- Petit serjeanty,
- Petit treason,
- Petition of right,
- The Petition of Right,
- petit bourgeois,
- petit dejeuner,
- petit four,
- petit juror,
- petit point,
- petite bourgeoisie,
- petite marmite,
- petit mal epilepsy