impetrative

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English

Etymology

Latin impetrativus (“obtained by entreaty”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

impetrative (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in , volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      prayers, which were most perfect and impetrative

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impetrative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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