im•por•tune
Pronunciation: (im"pôr-tn', -tyn', im-pôr'chun), [key]
— v., adj. -tuned, -tun•ing,
—v.t.
- to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- to make improper advances toward (a person).
- to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
- to annoy.
- to press; impel.
—v.i.
- to make urgent or persistent solicitations.
- to make improper advances toward another person.
—adj.
- importunate.
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