About The Word Importune
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Importune
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What's The Definition Of Importune?
[v] beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Importune: insist Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | beg | besiege | implore | pray Importune In Webster's Dictionary \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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