Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1721-1751
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†IMPETRATE, pa.p. Impetrated; in Sc. usage: obtained by application, esp. perpetrated, gained or contrived by fraud or other dubious means, “as a rule pejorative in its implication” (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 45).Sc. 1721 R. Wodrow Sufferings I. i. ii. 105:
This indeed was not the Deed of Scotland, but impetrate at London, by the Influence of the High-fliers there, and chim'd in with next Year by our obsequious Parliament.Sc. 1725 State of the Case, Parish of Kinkell (8 May):
Neither their own Votes . . . ought to be regarded as being impetrate by undue Practices.Sc. 1751 W. MacFarlane Geneal. Coll. (S.H.S.) II. 298:
Which deed the Earl Reduced after the Kings death as being impetrate thro' fear of his Life.
