impetrate
verb (used with object)
to obtain by entreaty.
impetrative
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a word derived from
impetrate.
Example Sentences
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And though his prayer is not meritorious, it can be impetrative, because merit depends on justice, whereas impetration rests on grace.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
