Definition for "Importune"

Etymology

From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importunus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor"
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Importune - (Verb)

phonetic : /ˌimpôrˈt(y)o͞on/ phonetic : /imˈpôrCHən/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/importune.mp3
past participle : importuned
1. Ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something
  • if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions
2. Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute
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insist (beg persistently and urgently) "I importune you to help them"
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Harass with persistent requests.
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Approach to offer one's services as a prostitute.
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Importune - (Adjective)

obsolete Grievous, severe, exacting.
  • And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld .
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Importune - (General)

3. beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
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4. To harass with persistent requests; To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute; Grievous, severe, exacting
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5. (importuning) The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment
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6. To press or urge with troublesome persistence; To request or beg for urgently. E.g., "I shall make no promise of the kind and I must beg you not to importune me any further on this subject." - Elizabeth Bennet
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Pronunciation : IPA

  • /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/
  • /ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn/
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