| Pronunciation: | pu'tishu`neree | ||
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| Matching Terms: | petitionarily | ||
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| Definition: | [adj] of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness" | ||
| Synonyms: | beseeching | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Pe*ti"tion*a*ry\, a.
1. Supplicatory; making a petition.
Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. --Shak.
2. Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a
petitionary epistle. --Swift.
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