English-Thai Dictionary

importune

VT เซ้าซี้  รบเร้า  beg entreat urge seo-se

 

importunely

ADV อย่าง รบเร้า รบกวน ไม่ หยุด 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPORTUNE

v.t.[L. importunus; in and porto, to bear on. ] To request with urgency; to press with solicitation; to urge with frequent or unceasing application.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands.

 

IMPORTUNE

a.[L. importunus. Formerly accented on the second syllable. ] 1. Pressing in request; urgent; troublesome by frequent demands; vexatious; unreasonable.
2. Unseasonable.
[This word is obsolete; being superseded by importunate, unless perhaps in poetry. ]

 

IMPORTUNELY

adv. With urgent solicitation; incessantly; continually; troublesomely. 1. Unseasonably; improperly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPORTUNE

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.

 

IMPORTUNE

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.

 

IMPORTUNE

IMPORTUNE Im `por *tune ", v. i.

 

Defn: To require; to demand. [Obs. ] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. Shak.

 

IMPORTUNELY

IMPORTUNELY Im `por *tune "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an importune manner. [Obs. ]

 

IMPORTUNER

IMPORTUNER Im `por *tun "er, n.

 

Defn: One who importunes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

importune

im por tune |ˌimpôrˈt (y )o͞on, imˈpôrCHən ˈˌɪmpɔrˈˌt (j )un | ▶verb [ with obj. ] ask (someone ) pressingly and persistently for or to do something: if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions. • approach (someone ) to offer one's services as a prostitute. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable ’ (see importunate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

importune

importune |ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] harass (someone ) persistently for or to do something: she importuned a waiter for profiteroles. • (usu. as noun importuning ) approach (someone ) to offer one's services as a prostitute. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable ’ (see importunate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

importune

importune verb he importuned her for some spare change: beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, call on, lobby; harass, pester, press, badger, bother, nag, harry; informal hassle, bug.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

importune

importune verb 1 he importuned her for some spare change: beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin; harass, pester, beset, press, dun, badger, bother, torment, plague, hound, nag, harry, go on at, harp on at; N. English mither; informal hassle, bug; rare obsecrate. 2 they arrested me for importuning: solicit, make sexual advances, offer one's services as a prostitute; accost, approach; informal proposition; N. Amer. informal hustle.

 

French Dictionary

importuner

importuner v. tr. verbe transitif Ennuyer, déranger. : Ces visites l ’importunent. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

importune

im por tune /ɪ̀mpə r t j úːn /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 1 «…を » 〈人 〉にうるさく [しつこく ]せがむ, ねだる «for » ; 〖～ A to do 〗A 〈人 〉に …してくれるようにうるさく [しつこく ]頼む ▸ She importuned him for help .彼女は彼に手助けをしつこくせがんだ .2 «…で » …をうるさがらせる, 困らせる «with » .3 〈売春婦が 〉〈客 〉を引く .自動詞 しつこく物を頼む, うるさくねだる ; 〈売春婦が 〉客を引く .形容詞 うるさくせがむ [ねだる ].ì m por t ú ni ty 名詞 U C しつこさ, しつこく [うるさく ]頼む [求める ]こと .