petition
noun
[ pɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
• "she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields"
petition
verb
• present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.
• "the organization is petitioning the EU for a moratorium on the patent"
Similar:
appeal to,
request,
ask,
call on,
entreat,
beg,
implore,
beseech,
plead with,
make a plea to,
pray,
apply to,
solicit,
press,
urge,
adjure,
present one's suit to,
importune,
obsecrate,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin petitio(n- ), from petit- ‘aimed at, sought, laid claim to’, from the verb petere .
