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importune
(mass) | importune
- obťažovať |
importune
(encz) | importune,obtěžovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Importune
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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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importune
(wn) | importune
v 1: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
them" [syn: importune, insist] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
importune
(mass) | importune
- obťažovať |
importune
(encz) | importune,obtěžovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
importuned
(encz) | importuned, |
Importuned
(gcide) | 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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Importunely
(gcide) | Importunely \Im`por*tune"ly\, adv.
In an importune manner. [Obs.]
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Importuner
(gcide) | Importuner \Im`por*tun"er\, n.
One who importunes.
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Reimportune
(gcide) | Reimportune \Re*im`por*tune"\ (-p?r*t?n"), v. t.
To importune again.
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Unimportuned
(gcide) | Unimportuned \Unimportuned\
See importuned. |
importune
(wn) | importune
v 1: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
them" [syn: importune, insist] |
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