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
Charna	-	Yiddish
Flavia	FLAH-vyah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Nahal	NAH-khahl	Hebrew
CÍNtia	-	Portuguese
Coleman	['kəulmən]
Eliisabet	-	Estonian