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importune

im·por·tune

UK/ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/ US/ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

beg persistently and urgently

  • “I importune you to help them”
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Origin

From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".

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