List of synonyms from "pestilential" to synonyms from "petitioned"


Discover all the synonyms available for the terms pet, pet hate, petals, petitioned, petite and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the synonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « petitioned »

  • 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