| 单词 | cross-petition |
| 释义 | > as lemmascross-petition (iv) so that two actions mutually cross each other, the one being the counterpart of the other, or done in return or reciprocation for the other, as cross-disguise, cross-invite, cross-petition. Π a1618 J. Sylvester Mottoes 329 The world and Death one day them cross-disguised To cosen Man. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths II. 62 His lordship chose to be so far rude as not to cross invite, rather than bear the like consequences of such another intercourse. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 7/2 The husband denied various acts described as cruelty by the wife, and cross-petitioned for judicial separation. 1923 Daily Mail 28 Feb. 5 Her husband..cross-petitions for the dissolution of his marriage. < as lemmas |
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