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
Walery	vah-LE-ri	Polish
Milana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Czech
AdriÁN	ahd-RYAHN (Spanish), AWD-ree-ahn (Hungarian)	Spanish, Hungarian
Crane	[krein]
Bairstow	['bɛəstəu]
Pa	-	Hmong