Definition of importune

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im·por·tune    (mpôr-tn, -tyn, m-pôrchn) KEY 

VERB:
im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes
VERB:
tr.

1. To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
2. Archaic To ask for urgently or repeatedly.
3. To annoy; vex.

VERB:
intr.

To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg.

ADJECTIVE:

Importunate.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French importuner, from Old French importun, inopportune, from Latin importnus : in-, not ; see in-¹ + portus, port, refuge; see per-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
impor·tunely(Adverb), impor·tuner(Noun)