Sekirov Dictionary

importune

UK /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/US /ɪmpɔɹˈtuːn/

verb 4
adjective 3
noun 1
forms 7

verb4

•
To bother, irritate, trouble.
- To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me. — 1603
•
To harass with persistent requests.
- Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am resolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to bestovv my yongest daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […] — 1590
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
•
(no longer used) To import; to signify.
- It importunes death. — 1590

adjective3

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(no longer used) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
- And their importune fates all satisfide. — 1590
(no longer used) Inopportune; unseasonable.
•
(no longer used) Grievous, severe, exacting.
- And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld [...]. — 1590

noun1

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(no longer used) Synonym of importuner.
- And yet in some Courts it is otherwise vsed, for in Spaine it is thought very vndecent for a Courtier to craue, supposing that it is the part of an importune: […] — 1589

forms

importuned · importuning · importunes · importuneth · importunest · more importune · most importune

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