impetrate

Meanings

1. To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
2. To ask for, demand.

1. Impetrated.
2. Obtained by entreaty.

Etymology

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”).