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petition

/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ verbo C2

En español: peticionar, perorar, instar

  1. To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority). (transitive) · The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.

He/she/it petitions · Pasado petitioned · Participio pasado petitioned · Forma en -ing petitioning

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De la biblioteca

There was in it thankfulness for the past and reverent petition for the future; and when she slept on her white pillow her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 274 · C1
Hurst soon found even his open petition rejected.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 59 · B2
Mary petitioned for the use of the library at Netherfield; and Kitty begged very hard for a few balls there every winter.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 330 · B2
He saw before him an officer delegated to enforce the law, and perfectly well knew that it would be as unavailing to seek pity from a magistrate decked with his official scarf, as to address a petition to some cold marble effigy.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 31 · C1

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