Middle English Dictionary Entry
impetren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | impetren v. Also (error) impetrent. |
| Etymology | OF empetrer & impetrer & L impetrāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To beg for (sth.); obtain (sth.) by beseeching; ~ to, ask of (sb.); (b) ?to take possession of (the hearing).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.226 : Men mowen spekyn with God and, by resoun of supplicacion, be conjoyned to thilke cleernesse that nis nat aprochid no rather or that men byseken it and impetren [vr. impetrent; L impetrent] it.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)14/2 : Fastinge is..right couenable to swage the yre of God..and impetret [F empetre] pardon and grace of God.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)101/13 : A holy prophete..wold impetre [F empetrast] to God the helthe of theyr child.
b
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)116/7 : Wyne..makithe rede eyen and feble to the sight and impetrithe [F empesche] the Eres herkeninge and stoppithe the nostrelles.