prefer+a+petition+or+request
1Request — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Request >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 request request requisition Sgm: N 1 claim claim &c.(demand) 741 Sgm: N 1 petition petition suit prayer Sgm: N 1 begging letter begging letter roun …
2petition — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, address, aid prayer, appeal, appeal to, application, apply for, apply to, ask, asking, beadroll, beads, beg, beseech, beseechment, bidding prayer,… …
3petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition …
4Prefer — Pre*fer , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[ e]f[ e]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for… …
5prefer a request to — index petition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6petition — I. n. Request, prayer, supplication, entreaty, suit, solicitation, application, appeal, address. II. v. a. Entreat, pray, supplicate, solicit, crave, ask, beg, apply to, make application to, prefer a request to …
7pray — I. v. a. Ask (earnestly), request, entreat, importune, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, call upon. See adjure. II. v. n. 1. [Usually with for.] Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, implore, importune, prefer a petition …
8call — 1 vt 1: to announce or recite loudly call ed the civil trial list 2: to admit (a person) as a barrister was call ed to the bar 3: to demand payment of esp. by formal notice call …
9pray — vt: to ask for plaintiff pray s judgment against the defendants for actual damages used esp. in pleadings vi: to make a request of a court esp. in a complaint or petition complainant pray s for declaratory relief pray ing that the judgment be… …
10sue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. prosecute, bring suit, petition; beg, solicit, request; court, woo. See lawsuit, endearment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To institute legal proceedings] Syn. prosecute, litigate, claim, file suit, bring… …
