petitionary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.
Adjective
[edit]petitionary (not comparable)
- supplicatory or asking; making a petition
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen.
- Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
- August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- petitionary epistles
- August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
Translations
[edit]making a petition
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References
[edit]- “petitionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.