Importune

im·por·tune  (mpôr-tn, -tyn, m-pôrchn)

v. im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunes

v.tr.

1. To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.

2. Archaic To ask for urgently or repeatedly.

3. To annoy; vex.

v.intr.

To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg.

adj.

Importunate.

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[French importuner, from Old French importun, inopportune, from Latin importnus : in-, not; see in-¹ + portus, port, refuge; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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impor·tunely adv.

impor·tuner n.