The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
IMPETRATED
Verb
impetrated
simple past tense and past participle of impetrate
Source: Wiktionary
IMPETRATE
Im"pe*trate, a. Etym: [L. impetratus, p. p. of impetrare to obtain; pref. im- in + patrare to bring to pass.]
Definition: Obtained by entreaty. [Obs.] Ld. Herbert.
Im"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impetrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impetrating.]
Definition: To obtain by request or entreaty. Usher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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