单词 | to grant a petition |
释义 | > as lemmasto grant a petition 4. The matter of a petition; the thing asked or petitioned for. Chiefly in to have (also receive) one's petition, to grant a petition. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > that which is asked for boonc1175 prayera1425 petitionc1451 c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 61 Ȝe desired gretly þe lyf of Seynt Gilbert schuld be translat..and I graunted both ȝour petycion. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 154 Sithe I shall dye, I aske the law of yow, scil., þat I may have iij peticiouns or I deye. 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 31v/2 He sayde..he sholde haue somwhat of his petycyon. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 John v. 15 We knowe thatt we shall have the peticions that wee desyred of hym. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 58 O Rome, I make thee promise, If the redresse will follow, thou receiuest Thy full Petition at the hand of Brutus. View more context for this quotation 1686 Cramond Kirk Session II. 29 Aug. Befor their petition should be granted. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xliii. 120 I have repressed the pride of the powerful, and granted the petitions of the poor. 1797 G. Chalmers Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers ix. 381 The privy-council..granted their petition. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xiv. 294 He begged to sleep with Hareton, and his petition was granted, for once. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIII. 512/1 Her petition having been granted, she herself disseminated such scapulars. 1994 Amer. Spectator Apr. 31/2 Judge Reasoner granted the petition on March 30, grumping that he would have done it without the eighth circuit's intervention. < as lemmas |
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