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VERB:1. Obsolete. To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of: address, appeal, apply, approach, petition. See REQUEST. 2. To make an earnest or urgent request: appeal, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, supplicate. Archaic : conjure. See ASK. 3. Law. To make application to a higher authority, as to a court of law: petition. Law : appeal. See LAW. 4. To institute or subject to legal proceedings: law, litigate, prosecute. Idioms: bring suit. See LAW.
 
 
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