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.

Derived terms

impetration
impetrative
impetrator
impetratory

Translations

to procure upon request

Bulgarian: измолвам (bg) (izmolvam)
Italian: impetrare (it)
Portuguese: impetrar (pt)

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 […]

Italian

Verb

impetrate

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

Participle

impetrate f pl

feminine plural of impetrato

Anagrams

petametri, temperati, tempriate

Latin

Participle

impetrāte

vocative masculine singular of impetrātus