Definition of Importune. Meaning of Importune. Synonyms of Importune

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Definition of Importune

Importune
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.] ``It importunes death.' --Spenser.
Importune
Importune Im`por*tune", v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.

Meaning of Importune from wikipedia

- 1861 under UK law, although it rarely resulted in a death sentence. Importuning was an offer of ****ual gratification between men, often for money. The...
- baby in 1955. In 1962 Brambell was arrested and accused of persistently importuning in a toilet in Shepherd's Bush, but was conditionally discharged. Decades...
- instalments. In the early days of George VI's reign Edward telephoned daily, importuning for money and urging that Wallis be granted the style of Royal Highness...
- No. Title Length 1. "I Importune You" (feat. Percival Schuttenbach) 1:12 2. "A Time of Contempt" (feat. Percival Schuttenbach) 5:59 3. "Shaerrawedd" (feat...
- crime" occurs when a person encourages, "solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause" another person to attempt or commit a...
- citizens; and finally, an equally strong desire to escape the proselytizing importunities of Franciscan monks among the Orthodox po****tion. Ottoman records show...
- Sons. ISBN 978-0-7456-9220-3. Princes were 'driven by necessity' by the 'importune malice of heretics raising rebellions' to set 'sorer and sorer punishments...
- slave to some merchants at Boston, and sent to Jamaica, but upon the importunity of Mr. Elliot, which the master of the vessel related to him, was brought...
- Bushman (2005, pp. 222–27) Bushman (2005, pp. 227–8); Bruce A. Van Orden, "Importuning The Government" in We'll Sing and We'll Shout: The Life and Times of...
- brawl and falls from Ot****o's favor. Iago suggests to C****io that he importune Desdemona to intercede for him, which she does. Meanwhile, Iago persuades...