Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In English universities, a petition: particularly, a written application accompanied with a certificate that the requisite conditions have been complied with.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.
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- noun UK, historical A
petition , especially awritten one, with acertificate that theconditions have beencomplied with.
Etymologies
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Latin, he supplicates.
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Examples
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He left a son who occupies this house at present, a man of the same mould as his sire and grandsire. huic filia una est. ea mihi cottidie aut ture aut vino aut aliqui semper supplicat, dat mihi coronas. eius honoris gratia feci, thensaurum ut hic reperiret Euclio, quo illam facilius nuptum, si vellet, daret nam eam compressit de summo adulescens loco. is scit adulescens quae sit quam compresserit, illa illum nescit, neque compressam autem pater.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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