Petition

p e-t i s h'u n, n. A prayer; supplication; request; entreaty, esp. of a formal kind. — v. t. [petitioned (-und),-iONiNG.] To make a request to, solicit; Petiole. esp., to supplicate for some favor or right. — Peti'tioner, -Peti'tionary, -a-rT, a. Coming with, or containing, a petition Petrean, pe-tre'an, a. Pert, to rock or stone. — trous, -trus, a. Like stone; stony; hard. — Petres'cence, -tres's ens, n. Proce of changing into stone. — Petres'cent, -sent, a. Converting into stone, into stony hardne . — Pefrify, -rT-fi, v.t. [-fied (-fid), -fying.] To convert to stone or stony stance; to make callous or obdurate. — v. i. To come stone, or of a stony hardne .— Petrifaction, n. Conversion of any organic matter into stone; an organized body rendered harai by depositions stony matter in its cavities; a body incrusted with stony matter.— Petrifac'tive, -tiv, a. Having power to convert vegetable or animal substances into stone; pert, to petrifaction.— PetriFic, pe-trif'ik, a. Having power to convert into stone. — Pefrifica'tion, n.