petition (v.) Copy link • petition (v.): i. e. to present a written petition: they p.'d the emperor for the recal of the governor, *Principem libello supplice adierunt, rogantes ut ad urbem praefectus revocaretur; they p.'d parliament against his appointment, *ad senatum libellos miserunt, deprecantes ne is magistratui praeficeretur: see also to appeal.