im´por|tun´er

im´por|tun´er
im|por|tune «IHM pr TOON, -TYOON; ihm PR chuhn», verb, -tuned, -tun|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to ask urgently or repeatedly; annoy with pressing demands: »

The boy importuned the teacher to raise his grade. Similarly, there is little real concern that…she may importune him to betray his country (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

2. to beg (for something) urgently or repeatedly: »

The children importuned their mother for ice cream.

3. Obsolete. to trouble; annoy: »

... the last [Pope] who was importuned by the presence of a Roman emperor (Edward Gibbon).

–v.i.
to make urgent or repeated requests; be importunate: »

Too poor for a bribe and too proud to importune (Thomas Gray).

╂[< Middle French importuner < importun; see the adjective]
–adj.
╂[< Middle French importun persistent, learned borrowing from Latin importūnus inconvenient < in- not + portus harbor]
–im´por|tune´ly, adverb.
–im´por|tun´er, noun.

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