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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>impĕto</b>: (inp-), ĕre, v. a. in-[[peto]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[rush]] [[upon]], [[assail]], [[attack]] ([[poet]]. and in anteand [[post]]-[[class]]. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: cedentem [[Acheloius]] [[heros]] Impetit, Stat. Th. 8, 523: aliquem arcu, Luc. 6, 394: os hastā, Sil. 5, 273; Luc. 6, 223; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 8.—Absol.: (apes) impetentes a se eiciunt fucos, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 8; cf. in a [[different]] orthog.: [[impite]] impetum facite, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109, 17 Müll. N. cr. (a [[contracted]] imper., [[like]] [[cette]], ferte): impetiti [[confessio]], Quint. Decl. 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[accuse]]: aliquem edacitatis, Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>impĕtō</b>, ītum, ĕre (in, [[peto]]), tr., se jeter sur, fondre sur, attaquer : aliquem [[Varro]] R. 3, 7, 9 ; Stat. Th. 8, 523 ; Luc. 6, 394 || [fig.] attaquer, accuser : Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
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