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petitionary en · ADJ

Etymology

From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) supplicatory or asking; making a petition
   • I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen. 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]:
2. (not-comparable) Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
   • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift petitionary epistles

Deriveds

petitionarily

Translations (3)

pt peticionário (making a petition) · bg умолителен (making a petition) · pt petitório (making a petition)