Petitionary
51petition — noun 1》 a formal written request, typically signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a cause. ↘an appeal or request. 2》 Law an application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc. verb make or present a… …
52supplicatory — a. Petitionary, humble, submissive …
53mendicant — adj 1. begging, scrounging, cadging, supplicant, petitionary, on bended knee, on one s hands and knees. n 2. beggar, almsman, beggarman, alms hunter, cadger, Inf. panhandler, Scot. gaberlunzie, Brit. mumper; moocher, scrounger, Inf. sponger, Inf …
54precatory — adj supplicatory, suppliant, petitionary; prayerful, imploring, beseeching, pleading, appealing; imprecatory, obtestatory, invocatory, adjuratory, rogatory; mendicant, begging, on bended knee or knees, on one s knees, prone, prostrate …
55solicitor — n asker, requester, petitionary, petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, suitor; canvasser, campaigner, Inf. stumper; tout, Inf. touter, Chiefly U.S. Inf. barker; Sl. hustler, pimp, pander, procurer; salesman, door to door salesman, traveling salesman …
56supplicatory — adj suppliant, petitionary, precatory, obtestative, importunate. See suppliant(def. 1) …
57Bibliography — ❖ Abelard, Peter (1849 59), Opera, ed. V. Cousin and C. Jourdain, Paris: Durand. ❖ Abelard, Peter (1855), Opera Omnia, ed. J. P. Migne, Paris: Garnier. ❖ Abelard, Peter (1969 87), Opera Theologica, i iii, ed. E. Buytaert and C. Mews, Corpus… …
58petition — [pə tish′ən] n. [OFr < L petitio (gen. petitionis) < petere, to seek, rush at, fall: see FEATHER] 1. a solemn, earnest supplication or request to a superior or deity or to a person or group in authority; prayer or entreaty 2. a formal… …
59beseeching — adjective begging • Syn: ↑pleading, ↑imploring • Ant: ↑imperative • Similar to: ↑adjuratory, ↑importunate, ↑mendicant, ↑ …
60imploring — adjective begging • Syn: ↑beseeching, ↑pleading • Ant: ↑imperative (for: ↑beseeching) • Similar to: ↑adjuratory, ↑ …
