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impetrative

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im⋅pe⋅trate

  [im-pi-treyt]
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–verb (used with object), -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing.
1. to obtain by entreaty.
2. to entreat; ask for.
Origin:
1525–35; < L impetrātus ptp. of impetrāre to obtain by asking, equiv. to im- im- 1 + -petrā(re), comb. form of patrāre to bring to completion, accomplish, deriv. of pater father + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
im⋅pe⋅tra⋅tion, noun
im⋅pe⋅tra⋅tive, im⋅pe⋅tra⋅to⋅ry  [im-pi-truh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
im⋅pe⋅tra⋅tor, noun
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