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importuner Definition


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importune
verb, tr & intr importuned, importuning
    formal:
    1. To make persistent and usually annoying requests of someone.
      Thesaurus: harass, entreat, plead with, solicit, urge, plague, press, pester, badger, hound, beg, enjoin.
    2. To solicit for immoral purposes, eg prostitution.
Derivative: importunely
adverb
    Derivative: importuner
    noun
      Derivative: importunity
      noun
        Etymology: 15c: from Latin importunus inconvenient.



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