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Petition
v. t.
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To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor.
Petition
v. i.
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To make a petition or solicitation.
Petitionarily
adv.
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By way of begging the question; by an assumption.
Petitionary
a.
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Supplicatory; making a petition.
Petitionary
a.
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Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle.
Petitionee
n.
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A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
Petitioner
n.
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One who presents a petition.
Petitioning
n.
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The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
Petitor
n.
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One who seeks or asks; a seeker; an applicant.
Petitory
a.
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Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
Petong
n.
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See Packfong.
Petralogy
n.
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See Petrology.
Petrary
n.
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An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Petrean
a.
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Of or pertaining to to rock.
Petre
n.
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See Saltpeter.
Petrel
n.
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Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
Petrescence
n.
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The process of changing into stone; petrification.
Petrescent
a.
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Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
Petrifaction
n.
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The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
Petrifaction
n.
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The state or condition of being petrified.
Petrifaction
n.
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That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
Petrifaction
n.
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Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
Petrifactive
a.
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Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
Petrifactive
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
Petrific
a.
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Petrifying; petrifactive.
Petrificate
v. t.
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To petrify.
Petrification
n.
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See Petrifaction.
Petrification
n.
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Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
Petrified
imp. & p. p.
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of Petrify
Petrifying
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Petrify