Petitioning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petitioning \Pe*ti"tion*ing\, n.
     The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Petition \Pe*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Petitioned}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Petitioning}.]
     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.
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           You have . . . petitioned all the gods for my
           prosperity.                              --Shak.
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