n. 25B6; noun
over 1,000 people signed the petition : APPEAL, round robin.
petitions to Allah : ENTREATY, supplication, plea, prayer, appeal, request, invocation, suit; archaic orison.
25B6; verb they petitioned the king to revoke the decision : APPEAL TO, request, ask, call on, entreat, beg, implore, plead with, apply to, press, urge; formal adjure; poetic/literary beseech.