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Webster 1913 Edition


Petitioning

Pe-ti′tion-ing

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Noun.
The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petitioning

PETI'TIONING

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ppr.
Asking as a favor, grant, right or mercy; supplicating.

PETI'TIONING

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Noun.
The act of asking or soliciting; solicitation; supplication. Tumultuous petitioning is made penal by statute.

Definition 2024


petitioning

petitioning

English

Verb

petitioning

  1. present participle of petition

Noun

petitioning (plural petitionings)

  1. The act of making a petition or appeal.
    • Herman Melville, Pierre
      They would have turned her forth, I think, but for my own poor petitionings, unceasing in her behalf.