List of synonyms from "pestilential" to synonyms from "petitioned"
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Definition of the day : « petitioned »
- verb plead, appeal for
- 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