All petition synonyms
peΒ·tiΒ·tion
P p verb petition
- have up β to cause to appear for trial
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- invocate β invoke.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- invocated β invoke.
- invocating β invoke.
- litigate β to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- dunned β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- call upon β to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- call forth β to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- lobby β an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- bummed β depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- obsecrate β to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- entreat β Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
- impetrate β to obtain by entreaty.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- dunning β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- come on to β When you come on to a particular topic, you start discussing it.
- invoke β to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- hawked β a noisy effort to clear the throat.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- dun β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- call in β If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- cry for β shed tears for
- ask β If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
noun petition
- grace β William Russell, 1832β1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880β88.
- importunity β the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.
- invocation β the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- application β An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- adjuration β a solemn charge or command
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- obsecration β to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- orison β a prayer.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- entreatment β (obsolete) entreaty; invitation.
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- entreaty β An earnest or humble request.
- imploration β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- intercession β an act or instance of interceding.
- impetration β (obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
- ave β the salutation βave.β.
- conjuration β a magic spell; incantation
- litany β a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- hocuspocus β Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.