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    [Verb]  | "im*por*tune" | \ ˌim-pər-ˈtün \


    1: to press or urge with troublesome persistence

    2: to request or beg for urgently

    3: annoy, trouble

    Origin: 1530 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French importuner "to tire, annoy by inappropriate persistence," borrowed from Medieval Latin importūnāre "to harass, pester," verbal derivative of Latin importūnus "unfavorable, inconvenient, adverse, troublesome, relentless" {mat|importune:2|};

    [Verb]  | "importuned" 


    1: to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner;


      * e.g., " ... she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask "



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    [Verb]  | "importune" 


    1: to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner;


      * e.g., " ... she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "importunate" ]

    1: Troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting; pressingly entreating

      * e.g.,  ... Jokes form a kind of currency, such that a wise-crack from the most importunate beggar may bring instant reward. 

     [ "importunities" ]

    1:  the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.

      * e.g.,  ... "I do not know how to use importunities in a sentence." 

     [ "importunities" ]

    2:  importunities, importunate solicitations or demands.

     [ "importunities" ]

    3: importunate demand persist

     [ "Importunate" ]

    1: Asking for things many times in a way that is annoying

      * e.g.,  ... To avoid importunate contacts 

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