Definitions For Impetrate

Adjective

(obsolete) obtained by entreaty : (Ld. Herbert)

Verb

impetrat (transitive) To obtain by asking; to procure upon request. (transitive) To ask for; to demand.

Derived terms

impetration impetrative impetrator impetratory

Translations

Bulgarian: измолвам Portuguese: impetrar

Etymology

Borrowed from the participle stem of {{bor, en, la, impetrō}}, from im- + pātrō, , to achieve, make happen.

Is Impetrate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
15

The word Impetrate is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Impetrate in a Sentence

  • Since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors

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