Importune

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i.
     To require; to demand. [Obs.]
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           We shall write to you,
           As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Importune \Im`por*tune"\ ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), a. [F.
     importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from
     the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig.
     meaning, hard of access. See {Port} harbor, and cf.
     {Importunate}.]
     1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
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     2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence,
        vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious
        solicitation. [Obs.]
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              And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser.
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              Of all other affections it [envy] is the most
              importune and continual.              --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}
     ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.]
     [From {Importune}, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
     1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with
        frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or
        pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
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              Their ministers and residents here have perpetually
              importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
                                                    --Swift.
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     2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death."
        --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  importune
       v : beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
           them" [syn: {insist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "importune":
     advocate, aggravating, annoying, appeal, apply pressure, approach,
     beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, bothering, bothersome, bug,
     buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, crave, disturbing,
     dun, entreat, exasperating, exert pressure, exhort, galling,
     harassing, high-pressure, implore, importunate, insist,
     insist upon, invoke, irking, irksome, irritating, jawbone, lobby,
     make a pass, make advances, make an overture, nag, nag at,
     overture, pesky, pester, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
     pestilential, plague, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, plead,
     plead with, ply, pray, press, pressure, proposition, provoking,
     push, recommend, soft-soap, solicit, supplicate, sweet-talk, tease,
     teasing, throw a pass, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome,
     troubling, urge, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wheedle, work on,
     worrisome, worrying