How to pronounce“importunate”in English
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Definitions of “importunate”
Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
“Nick was on the point of declaring again that he was a humbug, so vivid was his inner sense of what he thought of his factitious public utterances, which had the cursed property of creating dreadful responsibilities and importunate credulities for him.”
Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
“[...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.”
An importuner.
“This will put an Answer into the Kings mouth, against all importunates.”
To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
“All which notwithstanding, I obtained licence at length to make my supplication to the noble Parliament house; but I could find no messengers till Sir John Seton went, whom I importunated daily to obtain me favor for my return home again.”
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