impetrative
English
Etymology
Latin impetrativus (“obtained by entreaty”).
Adjective
impetrative (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
- impetrative prayer
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)