petition 音标拼音: [pət'ɪʃən]
n . 请愿,诉状,陈情书
vt .
vi . 请求,恳求,请愿
请愿,诉状,陈情书请求,恳求,请愿
petition n 1 :
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [
synonym : {
request }, {
petition }, {
postulation }]
2 :
reverent petition to a deity [
synonym : {
prayer }, {
petition },
{
orison }]
v 1 :
write a petition for something to somebody ;
request formally and in writing Petition \
Pe *
ti "
tion \,
n . [
F .
p ['
e ]
tition ,
L .
petitio ,
fr .
petere ,
petitum ,
to beg ,
ask ,
seek ;
perh .
akin to E .
feather ,
or find .]
1 .
A prayer ;
a supplication ;
an imploration ;
an entreaty ;
especially ,
a request of a solemn or formal kind ;
a prayer to the Supreme Being ,
or to a person of superior power ,
rank ,
or authority ;
also ,
a single clause in such a prayer .
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1913 Webster ]
A house of prayer and petition for thy people . --
1 Macc .
vii .
37 .
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This last petition heard of all her prayer .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
A formal written request addressed to an official person ,
or to an organized body ,
having power to grant it .
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3 .
Specifically : (
Law ),
A request to government ,
in either of its branches ,
for the granting of a particular grace or right ,
or for the legislature to take a specific action ;
--
in distinction from a {
memorial },
which calls certain facts to mind .
The petition may be signed by one or any number of persons .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
4 .
The written document containing a {
petition } (
senses 1 or 2 ).
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{
Petition of right } (
Law ),
a petition to obtain possession or restitution of property ,
either real or personal ,
from the Crown ,
which suggests such a title as controverts the title of the Crown ,
grounded on facts disclosed in the petition itself . --
Mozley &
W .
{
The Petition of Right } (
Eng .
Hist .),
the parliamentary declaration of the rights of the people ,
assented to by Charles I .
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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 .
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You have . . .
petitioned all the gods for my prosperity . --
Shak .
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Petition \
Pe *
ti "
tion \,
v .
i .
To make a petition or solicitation .
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80 Moby Thesaurus words for "
petition ":
Angelus ,
Ave ,
Ave Maria ,
Hail Mary ,
Kyrie Eleison ,
Paternoster ,
address ,
aid prayer ,
appeal ,
appeal to ,
application ,
apply for ,
apply to ,
ask ,
asking ,
beadroll ,
beads ,
beg ,
beseech ,
beseechment ,
bidding prayer ,
breviary ,
call on ,
call upon ,
chaplet ,
circulate a petition ,
collect ,
commune with God ,
communion ,
contemplation ,
demand ,
desire ,
devotions ,
entreat ,
entreaty ,
expressed desire ,
give thanks ,
grace ,
impetration ,
imploration ,
implore ,
importune ,
imprecation ,
indent ,
intercession ,
invocation ,
invoke ,
litany ,
make supplication ,
meditation ,
memorialize ,
obsecration ,
obtestation ,
offer a prayer ,
orison ,
plea ,
plead ,
pray ,
pray over ,
prayer ,
prayer wheel ,
prefer a petition ,
recite the rosary ,
request ,
requisition ,
return thanks ,
rogation ,
rosary ,
say grace ,
sign a petition ,
silent prayer ,
solicit ,
solicitation ,
sue ,
suit ,
supplicate ,
supplication ,
thanks ,
thanksgiving ,
wish
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