impetrating

verb

present participle of impetrate
as in begging
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors

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  1. begging
  2. petitioning
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  • Jurors heard a harrowing voicemail left by Johnson begging one of her friends for help as Williams butchered her, stabbing her five times in the chest and four times in her back.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Aemond, still recovering from his mother’s poison, is mopier than usual, begging Alys to be left alone.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of begging
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  • Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, California Coastkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups tried to expand the clean water protections statewide by petitioning six other regional water boards.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of petitioning
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“Impetrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impetrating. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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