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PETITIONARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the nature of or expressing a petition
Example:
the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness
Classified under:
Similar:
beseeching; imploring; pleading (begging)
Derivation:
petition (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)
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