impetrable

English

Etymology

From Latin impetrabilis. Compare French impétrable. See impetrate.

Adjective

impetrable (comparative more impetrable, superlative most impetrable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
   • 1634, Thomas Hobbes, Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre:

     Wee must not therefore give our Confederates hope of pardon, either impetrable by words, or purchaseable by money

References

• “impetrable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• permitable