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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i.
To require; to demand. [Obs.]
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We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\ ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), a. [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.]
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2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence,
vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious
solicitation. [Obs.]
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And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser.
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Of all other affections it [envy] is the most
importune and continual. --Bacon.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}
([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); 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.
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Their ministers and residents here have perpetually
importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
--Swift.
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2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death."
--Spenser.
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