Definition of Importuning

1. Verb. (present participle of importune) ¹

2. Noun. The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment. ¹

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Definition of Importuning

1. importune [v] - See also: importune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Importuning

importless
imports
importunable
importunacy
importunate
importunately
importunateness
importunator
importunators
importuned
importunely
importuner
importuners
importunes
importuning
importunings
importunities
importunity
importuous
imposable
impose
imposed
imposer
imposers
imposes
imposing
imposingly

Literary usage of Importuning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"_ Unseasonably engaging; improperly importuning. She of late is lightened of her womb, That her to see should be but troublesome. 7. Importunate ; teasing. ..."

2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"So saying, he turned him to a sacred stream, Took water from its brim, and offered Heaven Much prayer, with many an importuning vow. Soon o'er the spreading ..."

3. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1811)
"To which Hodge replied, with the sneer of a Garrow, " Yeu 're a deuced deal likelier to frighten my barrow." A PUN ON MY DAUGHTER ARABELLA'S Importuning ME ..."

4. Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893 by William Dana Orcutt (1891)
"For threescore years and ten, aye, more, I have been importuning Nature to disclose the secrets of her wonder-working power by which she strews the earth ..."

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