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IMPORTUNE
importune, insist
(verb) beg persistently and urgently; “I importune you to help them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
importune (third-person singular simple present importunes, present participle importuning, simple past and past participle importuned)
To bother, trouble, irritate.
To harass with persistent requests.
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
(obsolete) To import; to signify.
Adjective
importune (comparative more importune, superlative most importune)
(obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
(obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
(obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
Anagrams
• entropium
Source: Wiktionary
Im`por*tune", a. Etym: [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate.]
1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. [Obs.] And their importune fates all satisfied. Spenser. Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. Bacon.
Im`por*tune", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned; p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning.] Etym: [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.
Im`por*tune", v. i.
Definition: To require; to demand. [Obs.] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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