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| 3 results for importune | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Importune \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.] [bd]It importunes death.[b8] --Spenser. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak. | |
