Usually means: Formally requested something through writing.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word petitioned:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. petitioned: Merriam-Webster
  2. petitioned: Collins English Dictionary
  3. petitioned: Vocabulary.com
  4. Petitioned, petitioned: Wordnik
  5. petitioned: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. petitioned: Wiktionary
  7. Petitioned, petitioned: Dictionary.com
  8. petitioned: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Petitioned: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Petitioned: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. petitioned: FreeDictionary.org
  12. petitioned: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petitioned: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petitioned: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petitioned: Medical dictionary

(Note: See petition as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (petition)

noun:  A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
noun:  A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
noun:  (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
noun:  A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
verb:  (transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.
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