What does importune mean?
Definitions for importune
ˌɪm pɔrˈtun, -ˈtyun, ɪmˈpɔr tʃənim·por·tune
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Princeton's WordNet
importune, insistverb
beg persistently and urgently
"I importune you to help them"
Wiktionary
importuneverb
To bother, trouble, irritate.
Etymology: From importuner, from importunari, from importunus, originally "having no harbor"
importuneverb
To harass with persistent requests.
Etymology: From importuner, from importunari, from importunus, originally "having no harbor"
importuneverb
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
Etymology: From importuner, from importunari, from importunus, originally "having no harbor"
importuneadjective
Grievous, severe, exacting.
Etymology: From importuner, from importunari, from importunus, originally "having no harbor"
Webster Dictionary
Importuneadjective
to request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry
Etymology: [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
Importuneadjective
to import; to signify
Etymology: [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
Importuneverb
to require; to demand
Etymology: [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Importune
im-pōr-tūn′, v.t. to urge with troublesome application: to press urgently: (Spens.) to import, signify (a false use): to molest, as a beggar, prostitute, &c.—ns. Impor′tunacy, Import′unāteness.—adj. Import′unāte, troublesomely urgent.—adv. Import′unātely.—adj. Import′une, untimely: importunate.—adv. Importune′ly.—ns. Importun′er; Importun′ity. [Fr.,—L. importunus—in, not, portus, a harbour.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of importune in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of importune in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of importune in a Sentence
There are only two ways to look at history: people either make things happen, or they let things happen. In that sense, all of history is bipolar; cognate of goodwill and bad fortune. Both philosophies, together, importune a reshaping of destiny.
If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer because it was he, because it was I.
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