Canadian English Meaning of importune

importune

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Definitions and Meaning of importune in English

Wordnet

importune (v)

beg persistently and urgently

Webster

importune (a.)

To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

To import; to signify.

Webster

importune (v. i.)

To require; to demand.

FAQs About the word importune

importune

beg persistently and urgentlyTo request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tea

beg,petition,appeal (to),ask,beseech,besiege,call on,call on,conjure,beseech

appease,gratify,hint,imply,force,please,satisfy,suggest,Comfort,conciliate

importunator => pest, importunately => importunately, importunate => importunate, importunacy => Importunity, importunable => Unimportable,