Meaning of IMPORTUNE
| Pronunciation: | | `impor'toon
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| | Definition: | | [v] beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" |
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| | Synonyms: | | insist |
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| | See Also: | | beg, besiege, implore, pray | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}; 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.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually
importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
--Swift.
2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] ``It importunes death.''
--Spenser.
\Im`por*tune"\, v. i.
To require; to demand. [Obs.]
We shall write to you, As time and our concernings
shall importune. --Shak.
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