impetrate
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)
- (transitive) To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
- (transitive) To ask for; to demand.
- 1798, Herman Witsius, The Oeconomy of the Covenants, vol. 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], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 82790126:
- ‘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, vol. 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.
- 1798, Herman Witsius, The Oeconomy of the Covenants, vol. III:
Derived terms
- impetration
- impetrative
- impetrator
- impetratory
Translations
to procure upon request
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Adjective
impetrate
- (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 […]
- 1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII
Italian
Verb
impetrate
- inflection of impetrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
impetrate f pl
- feminine plural of impetrato
Anagrams
- petametri, temperati, tempriate
Latin
Participle
impetrāte
- vocative masculine singular of impetrātus