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importune

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  1. beg                   
 
1. im.por.tune \.im-p*r-'t(y)u:n, im-'po.r-ch*n\ aj [ME, fr. MF & L; MF 
   importun, fr. L importunus, fr. in- + ]-portunus (as in opportunus fit) - 
   more at OPPORTUNE : IMPORTUNATE  - im.por.tune.ly av
2. importune vt 1a: to press or urge with troublesome persistence  archaic  
   1b: to request or beg for urgently  2: ANNOY, TROUBLE  : to beg, urge, or 
   solicit persistently or troublesomely  - im.por.tun.er n