importune
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importuned, past participle; importuned, past tense; importunes, 3rd person singular present; importuning, present participle;
/ˌimpôrˈt(y)o͞on/,/imˈpôrCHən/,
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importuned, past participle; importuned, past tense; importunes, 3rd person singular present; importuning, present participle;
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Ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something
- - if he were alive now, I should importune him with my questions
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Approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute
Web Definitions:
- beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
- To harass with persistent requests; To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute; Grievous, severe, exacting
- (importuning) The act by which somebody is importuned; pleading harassment
- To press or urge with troublesome persistence; To request or beg for urgently. E.g., "I shall make no promise of the kind and I must beg you not to importune me any further on this subject." - Elizabeth Bennet