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Antonyms for petitioned

Grammar : Verb
Spell : puh-tish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈtɪʃ ən

Definition of petitioned

Origin :
  • early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking, searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg, beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also *pete- "to rush; to fly" (cf. Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf," patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos "rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna "feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird"). Meaning "formal written request to a superior (earthly)" is attested from early 15c.
  • verb plead, appeal for
Example sentences :
  • They exercise daily, and have petitioned to be authorised by their Regency.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
  • The grant, however, was expiring, and he petitioned the queen that it might be renewed.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • Congress was petitioned to aid this work of internal improvement.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The lady has not broken her word, nor by me shall she be petitioned to do so.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
  • Then everybody put his things back and petitioned for somebody else's.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various
  • After this he petitioned to be a wolf, a gophir, a dog, or a bear—if they would be so obliging.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews
  • He petitioned fervently that his younger boy might be spared to him.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • But the friar was persistent in his project, and petitioned the Archbishopʼs aid.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • The Governor was petitioned; theologians and magistrates were consulted on the subject.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • After all, it is a fine thing to be a gentleman, and be petitioned.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat

Synonyms for petitioned

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