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IMPORTUNE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beg persistently and urgently

Example:

I importune you to help them

Synonyms:

importune; insist

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "importune" is one way to...):

beg; implore; pray (call upon in supplication; entreat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "importune"):

besiege (harass, as with questions or requests)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They importune him to write the letter

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