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Thesaurus: importune

To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

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  1. a. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
  2. a. To import; to signify.
  3. v. i. To require; to demand.
  4. v. beg persistently and urgently
  5. v:100 v. beg persistently and urgently