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importune
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)
- To bother, irritate, trouble.
- To harass with persistent requests.
- To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
- (obsolete) To import; to signify.
Translations
Adjective
importune (comparative more importune, superlative most importune)
- (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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
- (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
- (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
- Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
Related terms
- importunate
Anagrams
- entropium
French
Verb
importune
- first-person singular present indicative of importuner
- third-person singular present indicative of importuner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
- second-person singular imperative of importuner
Italian
Adjective
importune f pl
- feminine plural of importuno
Anagrams
- impunterò, premunito
Latin
Adjective
import?ne
- 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
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of importunar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of importunar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of importunar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of importunar
Spanish
Verb
importune
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of importunar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of importunar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of importunar.
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crave
English
Etymology
From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *krafjan? (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kr?v, IPA(key): /k?e?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
Verb
crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)
- (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
- (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
- (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
Derived terms
- craving
- cravingly
- cravingness
Translations
Noun
crave (plural craves)
- (law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, s. v. “*krab?n-” and “*kr?bi-”.
Anagrams
- Caver, carve, caver, varec
Portuguese
Verb
crave
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cravar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of cravar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cravar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cravar
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- crae, giae, jave
- crai (campidanese)
Etymology
From earlier *clave, from Latin cl?vis, cl?vem, from Proto-Italic *kl?wis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cra?e/
Noun
crave f (plural craves)
- key
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