Importune definition
To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
verb
To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly.
verb
The definition of importune is requests that are urgent and often.
An example of importune used as an adjective is importune barking, the begging of a dog to go outside.
adjective
To importune is defined as to ask for something over and over.
An example of to importune is to beg someone for money.
verb
To annoy; vex.
verb
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To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently.
verb
Importunate.
adjective
To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly.
verb
(archaic) To ask for urgently; demand.
verb
(obs.) To trouble; annoy.
verb
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To make urgent requests or demands.
verb
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Francis Bacon.
Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.
adjective
Origin of importune
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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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