Monday, November 29, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, November 29, 2010
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impetrate \IM-pi-treyt\, verb:
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To entreat; ask for.
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It just keeps getting worser and worser for the B.O. as he was unable to impetrate WikiLeaks to back off from their publishing the stolen documents; now he is having to do some major diplomatic damage repair; poor B.O. - sucks to be you!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Impetrate ultimately relates to the Latin petrare, possibly linked to pater, Latin for "father."

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