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Meanings of
importune
in English
Portuguese
insistir
Catalan
importunar
Spanish
importunar
Back to the meaning
Beg persistently and urgently.
insist
Portuguese
insistir
To humbly plead with someone for help or for a favor.
entreat
implore
adjure
Synonyms
Examples for "
entreat
"
entreat
implore
adjure
Examples for "
entreat
"
1
We beg no longer; we
entreat
no more; we petition no more.
2
Especially did she
entreat
me to be with her at the crisis.
3
Go back to the dining-room, I
entreat
you, and remain in it.
4
Trust me so far; please do what I
entreat
of you now.
5
He may
entreat
his priest to desist; but his entreaties are drowned.
1
I
implore
you, Mr President, to imagine being an ordinary South African.
2
I
implore
you to be careful and not to endanger your future.
3
Guard them jealously; in nothing, I
implore
you, act without their sanction.
4
No ceremony, I
implore
you; let us go quickly into the house.
5
We should
implore
the North to relieve us of them, in part.
1
Therefore in no way, apparently, is it lawful to
adjure
irrational creatures.
2
Now I
adjure
thee by our blessèd Lady to tell me truly.
3
In my ancestor's name, I
adjure
and remind thee of thy pledge.
4
Master, I
adjure
you, decide nothing till you have heard my oracles.
5
I
adjure
you, Caroline, to lay this clearly before our dear brother.
Usage of
importune
in English
1
And Benis Spence was not a man who would beg or
importune
.
2
He continued to
importune
me for two years and a half.
3
A man of honor ceases to
importune
a woman after such an avowal.
4
At last, seeing my unconquerable repugnance, he ceased to
importune
me.
5
I must obey you at the city gate; but I will
importune
you here.
6
So, in proportion as he ceased to
importune
her, she grew kinder to him.
7
The last thing I would do, is to
importune
you.
8
At this reply the man became abashed and ashamed, and ceased to
importune
him.
9
To such an extent did they
importune
the governor, that he granted their request.
10
To bestir himself and to
importune
were torture to him.
11
On my own part, I felt unwilling to
importune
him.
12
They
importune
you again, but still you do not answer.
13
For this cause he continued to
importune
his mistress, till she said to him.
14
I
importune
the Supreme Council for a post, a crust of bread, a home!
15
No use to
importune
her to act against her instincts-nota bit of use!
16
But I will no longer
importune
my young cousin.
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importune
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
importune a woman
come to importune
importune demeanor
importune fates
importune from house
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Translations for
importune
Portuguese
insistir
Catalan
importunar
Spanish
importunar
insistir
Importune
through the time
Importune
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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