IMPORTUNE
\ˌɪmpɔːtjˈuːn], \ˌɪmpɔːtjˈuːn], \ˌɪ_m_p_ɔː_t_j_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of IMPORTUNE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To urge with troublesome application: to press urgently.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Constantly recurring, troublesome by frequency; troublesome, vexations; unseasonable, coming, asking, or happening at a wrong time.
By Thomas Sheridan
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