"importunate" meaning in All languages combined

See importunate on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɔɹt͡ʃənət/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-importunate.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-importunate.wav Forms: more importunate [comparative], most importunate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin importūnus + English suffix -ate, influenced by Middle French importuné. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|importūnus}} Latin importūnus, {{m+|frm|importuné}} Middle French importuné Head templates: {{en-adj}} importunate (comparative more importunate, superlative most importunate)
  1. (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. Translations (of a demand, persistent or pressing): настойчив (nastojčiv) (Bulgarian), упорит (uporit) (Bulgarian), importú (Catalan), itsepintainen (Finnish), hellittämätön (Finnish), у́порен (úporen) (Macedonian), на́стојчив (nástojčiv) (Macedonian), mānene (Maori), unene (Maori), настойчивый (nastojčivyj) (Russian), liosta (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-importunate-en-adj-s5L9YWvk Disambiguation of 'of a demand, persistent or pressing': 78 22
  2. (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
    Sense id: en-importunate-en-adj-dOVzcgtq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 71 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 71 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 76 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 38 3 42 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 75 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: importune Translations (of a person): досаден (dosaden) (Bulgarian), натрапчив (natrapčiv) (Bulgarian), importú (Catalan), vaativainen (Finnish), achainíoch (Irish), на́траплив (nátrapliv) (Macedonian), на́метлив (námetliv) (Macedonian), tōwenewene (Maori)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'of a person': 0 0

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɔːtjuːneɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɔɹtjuːneɪt/ [US] Forms: importunates [present, singular, third-person], importunating [participle, present], importunated [participle, past], importunated [past]
Etymology: From French importuner (“to bother, disturb”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|importuner||to bother, disturb}} French importuner (“to bother, disturb”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} importunate (third-person singular simple present importunates, present participle importunating, simple past and past participle importunated)
  1. (rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity. Tags: rare Translations (to obtain by importunity): importunar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-importunate-en-verb-KmtT0b9e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} importunate
  1. inflection of importunare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: importunare
    Sense id: en-importunate-it-verb-~RX4TWRb Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 38 3 42 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 37 2 47 3 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 4
  2. inflection of importunare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: importunare
    Sense id: en-importunate-it-verb-6u468ADf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} importunate f pl
  1. feminine plural of importunato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: importunato
    Sense id: en-importunate-it-verb-RlrJNU7b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} importunate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of importunar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: importunar
    Sense id: en-importunate-es-verb-3iahdG7F Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1581 June 23, Thomas Churchyard, letter to Sir Christopher Hatton, in Sir Harris Nicolas (editor), Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G., Richard Bentley (publisher, 1847), page 173",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse:",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nastojčiv",
      "sense": "of a demand, persistent or pressing",
      "word": "настойчив"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "itsepintainen"
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      "sense": "of a demand, persistent or pressing",
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      "sense": "of a demand, persistent or pressing",
      "word": "у́порен"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a demand, persistent or pressing",
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      "word": "настойчивый"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of a demand, persistent or pressing",
      "word": "liosta"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "of a person",
      "word": "досаден"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "natrapčiv",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "importú"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person",
      "word": "vaativainen"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a person",
      "word": "achainíoch"
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      "word": "на́траплив"
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      "word": "на́метлив"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a person",
      "word": "tōwenewene"
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    },
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          "ref": "1581 June 23, Thomas Churchyard, letter to Sir Christopher Hatton, in Sir Harris Nicolas (editor), Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G., Richard Bentley (publisher, 1847), page 173",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847 December 18, N. Roussel, “Spiritual Destitution of Paris.—Appeal to British Christians”, in Evangelical Christendom: Its State and Prospects, Volume II (1848), Partridge and Oakey, page 43",
          "text": "Is my work ended? The fear of importunating my friends answers, “Yes.”"
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        {
          "ref": "1910 July, David Leslie Brown, “The Need of To-day”, in Sunset, Volume 25, Southern Pacific Company, reverse of frontispiece",
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        "(rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity."
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      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpɔɹtjuːneɪt/",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to obtain by importunity",
      "word": "importunar"
    }
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