Importune

a.	1.	Inopportune; unseasonable.
	2.	Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. And their importune fates all satisfied. - Spenser. Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. - Bacon.
v. t.	1.	To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. [imp. & p. p. Importuned (ĭm`pǒr*tūnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning.] Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. - Swift.
	2.	To import; to signify.
v. i.	1.	To require; to demand. We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. - Shak.

Verb

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importune - beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" Synonyms: insist

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