different between importune vs petition
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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petition
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??t?.??n/
Noun
petition (plural petitions)
- A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
- A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
- (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
- A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
- A house of prayer and petition for thy people.
Translations
Verb
petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)
- (transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.
Translations
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