Meaning of "importune" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IMPORTUNE

From Latin importūnus tiresome, from im-in-1 + -portūnus as in opportūnusopportune.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF IMPORTUNE

importune  [ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPORTUNE

Importune is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb importune in English.

WHAT DOES IMPORTUNE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pester

Pester may refer to: In fictional characters: ▪ Pester, a Marvel Comics character ▪ Professor Pester, the main villain in the animated television series Viva Piñata ▪ Rex Pester, a reporter in the animated film The Rugrats Movie In people: ▪ De Pester, a Dutch noble family ▪ Lorie , born Laure Pester, French pop singer ▪ Paul Pester, chief executive officer of TSB Bank In other uses: ▪ Pešter, a plateau in southwestern Serbia ▪ Pester Ball, a ball that releases a Pokémon repellent in Pokémon ▪ Pester Lloyd, a German-language weekly newspaper in Hungary...

Definition of importune in the English dictionary

The first definition of importune in the dictionary is to harass with persistent requests; demand of insistently. Other definition of importune is to beg for persistently; request with insistence. Importune is also to anger or annoy.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IMPORTUNE

PRESENT

Present

I importune

you importune

he/she/it importunes

we importune

you importune

they importune

Present continuous

I am importuning

you are importuning

he/she/it is importuning

we are importuning

you are importuning

they are importuning

Present perfect

I have importuned

you have importuned

he/she/it has importuned

we have importuned

you have importuned

they have importuned

Present perfect continuous

I have been importuning

you have been importuning

he/she/it has been importuning

we have been importuning

you have been importuning

they have been importuning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I importuned

you importuned

he/she/it importuned

we importuned

you importuned

they importuned

Past continuous

I was importuning

you were importuning

he/she/it was importuning

we were importuning

you were importuning

they were importuning

Past perfect

I had importuned

you had importuned

he/she/it had importuned

we had importuned

you had importuned

they had importuned

Past perfect continuous

I had been importuning

you had been importuning

he/she/it had been importuning

we had been importuning

you had been importuning

they had been importuning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will importune

you will importune

he/she/it will importune

we will importune

you will importune

they will importune

Future continuous

I will be importuning

you will be importuning

he/she/it will be importuning

we will be importuning

you will be importuning

they will be importuning

Future perfect

I will have importuned

you will have importuned

he/she/it will have importuned

we will have importuned

you will have importuned

they will have importuned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been importuning

you will have been importuning

he/she/it will have been importuning

we will have been importuning

you will have been importuning

they will have been importuning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would importune

you would importune

he/she/it would importune

we would importune

you would importune

they would importune

Conditional continuous

I would be importuning

you would be importuning

he/she/it would be importuning

we would be importuning

you would be importuning

they would be importuning

Conditional perfect

I would have importune

you would have importune

he/she/it would have importune

we would have importune

you would have importune

they would have importune

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been importuning

you would have been importuning

he/she/it would have been importuning

we would have been importuning

you would have been importuning

they would have been importuning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you importune
we let´s importune
you importune

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to importune

Past participle

importuned

Present Participle

importuning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «IMPORTUNE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «importune» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of importune

badger · beset · besiege · dun · entreat · harass · hound · lay siege to · pester · plague · press · solicit

TRANSLATION OF IMPORTUNE

Find out the translation of importune to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of importune from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «importune» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 胡搅蛮缠
• Translator English - Spanish: importune
• English: importune
• Translator English - Hindi: जिद
• Translator English - Arabic: ضجر
• Translator English - Russian: домогаются
• Translator English - Portuguese: importune
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুরোধ করা
• Translator English - French: importuner
• Translator English - Malay: Importune
• Translator English - German: belästigen
• Translator English - Japanese: しつこく懇願する
• Translator English - Korean: 쥐어 짜다
• Translator English - Javanese: Importune
• Translator English - Vietnamese: yêu cầu
• Translator English - Tamil: திரும்பத் திரும்பக் கெஞ்சிக்
• Translator English - Marathi: आयात करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: ısrarla istemek
• Translator English - Italian: importunare
• Translator English - Polish: nagabywać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: домагаються
• Translator English - Romanian: agăța
• Translator English - Greek: γίνομαι φορτικός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: aandring
• Translator English - Swedish: besvära
• Translator English - Norwegian: importune

2 QUOTES WITH «IMPORTUNE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word importune.

1

Jane Welsh Carlyle

How many precious things do we not already possess which others have not - have hardly an idea of! Let us enjoy these, then, and bless God that we are permitted to enjoy them, rather than importune His goodness with vain longings for more.

2

Thomas Gray

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPORTUNE»

Discover the use of importune in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to importune and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Middle English Dictionary

importune 109 imposicioun Englisshmen declared. (l427) RPari. 4.326b: Ye Kyng. . devised yerfore unto you a name different from oyer Counsail- lers, nought ye name of Tutour. . nor no name yat shuld em- porte auctorite of governaunce of ...

Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, 1968

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...

Sidney. * IMPORTUNE, adj. [importunus, Latin. It was anciently pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.] r. Constantly recurring ; troublesome by frequency. — All that charge did fervently apply, With greedy malice and importune toil ...

‎1816

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...

IMPORTUNE, aplj. [importunus, Latin! It waa anciently pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.] 1. Constantly recurring ; troublesome 1>y frequency. — All that charge did fervently apply, □With greedy malice and importune toil ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...

Command; blesome by frequency. — injunction. Not in use. — AH that charge dJfi fervently apply, According to your ladyship's impose, With greedy malice and importune toil ; I am thus early come. Shak, And planted there their huge artillery, .

‎1816

A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...

[impcrtimiu, Latin ; importune, French.] Unseat sonable and incessant in solicitations ; not to be repulsed. I was in debt to my importunate business ; but he would not hear my excuse. Sbakspeare. They may not be able to bear the clamour of an ...

Samuel Johnson, 1805

The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...

And for he n'ill be importune Unto no wight, ne onerous. Nor of hire godesse covetous. Chaucer, lionmunt of the Rote, And the' armies of their creatures all, and some Do serve to them, and with importune might War against us the vassals of ...

‎1829

Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...

IMPORTUNE. IMPOTENT. IMPOUND. IMPORT. Aoa. Speak, Prince of Ithaca, and be't of lesse expect : — That matter need lesse of import/ate burthen IMPOR- Diuide thy lips. TUNE. Shaispeare. Troylus and Crcstida, fol. 83. V""V^"'' The only  ...

Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845

A New Dictionary of the English Language ...

Rom. of the Rose. He fyndeth hys hope moch therwith reuyued He dare imoortune the Lorde on euery ayde. Wyatt. Psaltne ill. The Auctor. More shall thy pennytent sighes his endless mercy please Then their importune suits, which dreams that ...

Charles Richardson, 1856

A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...

<«Ewt, v. a. (from At, action, ^At, to move, andM, to sound,, to importune, to teaze, to urge a peevish complaint ; s. importunity, a teasing importunity. C«tVe1;t, a. ( from CAt^El, to importune), importuned, solicited; l. the importuning of a person.

William Carey, 1825

Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...

The bloom os beauty other years demands, Nor will be gather'd by such wither'd hands : You importune it with, a false desire. Dryden. [Accented on the second syllable, and used by Spenser for] To import i But the sage wizard telles, as he has ...

‎1811

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPORTUNE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term importune is used in the context of the following news items.

Making Tourism Development Area Worthwhile

... in an importune manner that could bring set back to the industry. 'Bumsters' are always in their own world they exist in all tourism destinations ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

David Stockman: The Curse of the Euro — Money Corrupted …

First, the real policy of the Troika was not “austerian” as gas-bags like Professor Krugman constantly importune; as indicated, it is actually a ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»

Accommodating Jewish Voters

Certainly we think it behooves the DNC and the Republican National Committee to importune their party officials in both states to follow New ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»

Le mensonge de François Hollande sur les élections au Burundi …

... burundais dans les pays voisins est, elle aussi, hautement importune. ... est une perspective effrayante et hautement importune, elle aussi. «Burundi Generation Africa News information, Jul 15»

Requiem for a palm: A story of an earthquake, revival and love

A storm could mean a flying, errant 30-pound, 20-foot frond at any importune moment. Like the time I was walking toward the driveway to meet ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»

Who is in charge here in classroom?

When the appetites relax and cease to importune, everything Sophocles said comes to pass, and we escape many mad masters. In these ... «Kearney Hub, Jul 15»

Lea Aimiuwu, the Transformation Leader, Godspeed

... he turned out to be strongly protective of privacy and stoutly disinclined to importune friends and relatives alike. Only such tough disposition ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

AU Navigating Quicksands

But he faced a veritable dilemma: whether it was more important for him to listen to an importune racist agency seeking global notoriety by ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»

Tuaone, Bisgrove, win Long Drive in thrilling fashion

As Tuaone lifted the shot, a bird took flight, picking an importune time to do a Hakeem Olajuwon impression and collided with ball 50 yards from ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jun 15»

Astounding claims

Insurers typically seek a tie-up with a bank to identify and importune likely customers. AIA, a big regional insurer, has a partnership of this sort ... «The Economist, Jun 15»