different between besiege vs importune

English

Etymology

From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? siege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??si?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d?
• Hyphenation: be?siege

Verb

besiege (third-person singular simple present besieges, present participle besieging, simple past and past participle besieged)

1. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
3. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Translations

German

Verb

besiege

1. inflection of besiegen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

English

Etymology

From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importunus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp???tju?n/, /?m?p??tju?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mp???tu?n/

Verb

importune (third-person singular simple present importunes, present participle importuning, simple past and past participle importuned)

1. To bother, irritate, trouble.
2. To harass with persistent requests.
3. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
4. (obsolete) To import; to signify.

Translations

Adjective

importune (comparative more importune, superlative most importune)

1. (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld [...].

2. (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
3. (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy

     Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.

Related terms

• importunate

Anagrams

• entropium

French

Verb

importune

1. first-person singular present indicative of importuner
2. third-person singular present indicative of importuner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
5. second-person singular imperative of importuner

Italian

Adjective

importune f pl

1. feminine plural of importuno

Anagrams

• impunterò, premunito

Latin

Adjective

import?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of import?nus

References

• importune in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• importune in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• importune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

importune

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of importunar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of importunar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of importunar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of importunar

Spanish

Verb

importune

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of importunar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of importunar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of importunar.