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petitory

petitory adjective: petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary.

Adjective

petitory (comparative more petitory, superlative most petitory)

  1. petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary

Forms of petitory

comparativemore petitory
superlativemost petitory

Origin of petitory

From Latin petitorius.

Questions about petitory

What does petitory mean?
Petitory means petitioning, soliciting, begging, petitionary.
What part of speech is petitory?
Petitory is an adjective.

Words near petitory in the dictionary

  1. petitjeanite
  2. Petitjeans
  3. Petito
  4. petitor
  5. petitors
  6. petitory
  7. Petitos
  8. petits
  9. Petits Bassets Griffons Vendéens
  10. petits fours
  11. petits gateaux

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