petitioning

English

Verb

petitioning

present participle and gerund of petition

Noun

petitioning (plural petitionings)

The act of making a petition or appeal.
- 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:
  They would have turned her forth, I think, but for my own poor petitionings, unceasing in her behalf.

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