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partition, petition
partition (pahr TISH uhn) (verb)
To divide or to separate: Benjamin built a new fence to partition his fields from those of his neighbor.
petition (puh TISH uhn) (noun)
A formal request signed by several individuals that is given to an authoritative body, or an individual, requesting a specific action or decision: The governmental agency received a petition from the voters with a significant number of signatures.

Several thousand voters signed the petition to allow for the partition of a large county into two smaller counties.

petition (s) (verb), petitions (pl)
1. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority or a written request signed by many people demanding a specific action from an authority or government.
2. A reverent petition to a deity or an appeal or request to a higher authority or Being.
3. A request formally made in writing including something requested or appealed for.
4. Etymology: "a supplication" or "prayer"; especially, to a deity"; from Old French peticiun which came from Latin petitionem, petitio, "a request, a solicitation"; from petere, "to require, to seek, to go forward".

The Latin word petere "to seek", from which petition is derived, is also the source of the English words which appear in this unit.

This entry is located in the following units: peti-, pet-, -pit- (page 4) -tion (page 17)
petition (noun), petitions; petitioned; petitioning
1. To give or address a petition to someone; especially, a person in authority or a representative of an organization.
2. To urge for or against a course of action by presenting a formal request.
This entry is located in the following unit: peti-, pet-, -pit- (page 4)
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(Latin: to ask, to entreat; ask earnestly, entreaty, beg; request, petition, pray, prayer)