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importune
im·por·tune [ ìmpər tn, im páwrchən ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle im·por·tuned, present participle im·por·tun·ing, 3rd person present singular im·por·tunes)
Definition:
 
1. bother somebody insistently: to ask somebody continually, repeatedly, or forcefully for something, especially in a troublesome way
2. make immoral request of somebody: to ask somebody to have sexual relations in exchange for money


adjective 
Definition:
 
importunate: persistent or pressing
[Mid-16th century. < French importuner or medieval Latin importunari< Latin importunus "inconvenient, unseasonable" < Portunus, god of harbors]

im·por·tune·ly [ ìmpər tnlee, im páwrchənlee ] adverb
im·por·tun·er [ ìmpər tnər, im páwrchənər ] noun
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