peto
Americannoun
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petos,
plural
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peto
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of peto
First recorded in 1955–60; from Latin American Spanish (Cuba); Spanish: “breastplate,” from Italian petto “breast, breastplate,” from Latin pectus “breast”
Example Sentences
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“We see peto as the important growth driver over the next decade.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Till this affair is a little better determined, you will excuse me if I do not begin to cry, Tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque doloris.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers
As you go down daily to the Forum, turn the answer to this in your mind: 'Novus sum; consulatum peto; Roma est'—'I am a man of an untried family.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope
The correct reading is "Nec mihi regna peto," which Pitt altered to "nova."
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
"I think I can hear his piteous cries now," continued Father Omehr, endeavoring to excite their compassion, "put forth at intervals: 'Parce, beate Pater, pie, parce mihi, peto, plane!'"
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
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