† impetrableadj.
Obsolete.
1. That may be impetrated or obtained.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > by entreaty > able to be
impetrable1616
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Impetrable, which may be obtained.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 149 Hope of pardon either impetrable by words, or purchasable by money.
2. Capable of obtaining or effecting something, successful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > specifically of persons
successful1594
impetrable1599
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 21 How impetrable hee was in mollyfying the adamantinest tiranny of mankinde.
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