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| importune [ im páwr tyoon, ím pawr tyn ] |
transitive verb (3rd person present singular importunes, present participle importuning, past and past participle importuned) |
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1. bother somebody insistently: to ask somebody continually, repeatedly, or forcefully for something, especially in a troublesome way
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2. make immoral request of somebody: to ask somebody to have sexual relations in exchange for money
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adjective |
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importunate: persistent or pressing
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| [Mid-16th century. < French importuner or medieval Latin importunari< Latin importunus 'inconvenient, unseasonable' < Portunus, god of harbours] |
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