Part 5624

<hw>Im*port"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Importless</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Void of meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Importunable</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tu*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Heavy; insupportable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Importunacy</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tu*na*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Importunate</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being importunate; importunateness.</def>

<h1>Importunate</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tu*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Importune</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; <as>as, an <ex>impotunate</ex> petitioner, curiosity</as>.</def>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hard to be borne; unendurable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Im*por"tu*nate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Im*por"tu*nate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Importunator</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tu*na`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who importunes; an importuner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir E. Sandys.</i>

<h1>Importunee</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im`por*tunee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>importun</ets>, L. <ets>importunus</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + a derivative from the root of <ets>portus</ets> harbor, <ets>importunus</ets> therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See <er>Port</er> harbor, and cf. <er>Importunate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inopportune; unseasonable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And their <b>importune</b> fates all satisfied. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Of all other affections it is the most <b>importune</b> and continual. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Importune</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im`por*tune"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Importuned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Importuning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Importune</er>, <tt>a.</tt>: cf. F. <ets>importuner</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.</def>

<blockquote>Their ministers and residents here have perpetually <b>importuned</b> the court with unreasonable demands. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To import; to signify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "It <i>importunes</i> death."