petition for

petition someone or something for something

to make a formal request of someone or a group for something. They petitioned us for an end to the stringent dress code. We had to petition the upper administration for a revision in the policy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gabriella	gah-BRYEL-lah (Italian), GAWB-ree-el-law (Hungarian), ga-bree-EL-ə (English), gah-bree-EL-lah (Swedish)	Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Afrim	-	Albanian
Fitzroy	FITS-roi	English (Rare)
Wakana	wah-kah-nah	Japanese
Armani	[a:'ma:ni]
Salah Al-Din	-	Arabic