impetrate

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English

WOTD – 14 August 2011

Etymology

Borrowed from the participle stem of Latin impetrō, from im- + pātrō (“to achieve, make happen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪmpɪtɹeɪt/
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Verb

impetrate (third-person singular simple present impetrates, present participle impetrating, simple past and past participle impetrated)

  1. (transitive) To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
  2. (transitive) To ask for; to demand.
    • 1798, Herman Witsius, The Oeconomy of the Covenants, volume III:
      But he that would illustrate this, should distinguish between this salvation, already impetrated or obtained, and salvation about to be impetrated; or between salvation, and the promise of salvation […]
    • 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Rob Roy. , volume I, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 198–199:
      A slight testimonial, sir, which I thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman, (here he raised his hand to his head, as if to touch his hat,) MacCallum-more.
    • 1853, Andrew Kim, The Catholic Missionary, volume III:
      On the cross He redeemed us with His Blood; on the altar He intercedes or impetrates that we may individually have part in that redemption.
    • 2004, Patrick Zutshi, “Letters of Pope Honorius III”, in Pope, Church and City:
      It is striking that the majority of these documents were issued when Dominic was present in the curia, and it is reasonable to suppose that he took a personal interest in impetrating them.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

impetrate

  1. (obsolete) obtained by entreaty
    • 1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII:
      If the one were impetrate after the other , and the suits made by one man , it is hard to think that one man , being instructed in the suit for both , would put the dispensation of less moment in a bull […]

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

impetrate

  1. inflection of impetrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

impetrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of impetrato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

impetrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of impetrātus

Spanish

Verb

impetrate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of impetrar combined with te
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