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Impetrate

//ˈɪmpɪtɹeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Impetrated. obsolete

    "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[…]"

  2. 2
    Obtained by entreaty. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To obtain by asking; to procure upon request. transitive
  2. 2
    To ask for, demand. transitive

    "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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin impetrātus, perfect passive participle of impetrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + pātrō (“to achieve, make happen”).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin impetrātus, perfect passive participle of impetrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + pātrō (“to achieve, make happen”).

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