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/

Verb

1. (transitive) To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
2. (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, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, IX:

     ‘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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: impetrar (pt)

Adjective

impetrate

1. (obsolete) obtained by entreaty

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ld. Herbert to this entry?)

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Italian

Verb

impetrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of impetrare
2. second-person plural imperative of impetrare
3. feminine plural of impetrato

Anagrams

• temperati
• tempriate

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) impetrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of impetrātus