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”).
1
To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
2
To ask for, demand.
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 […]1798, Herman Witsius, The Oeconomy of the Covenants, volume III:
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.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 198–199:
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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.1853, Andrew Kim, The Catholic Missionary, volume III:
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.2004, Patrick Zutshi, “Letters of Pope Honorius III”, in Pope, Church and City:
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”).
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[…]1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII: