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verb (used with object)
1.
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
2.
to make improper advances toward (a person).
3.
to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
4.
Obsolete. to annoy.
5.
Obsolete. to press; impel.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make urgent or persistent solicitations.
7.
to make improper advances toward another person.
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Importune
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is impending. Does it mean:
| absolutely necessary or required |
| about to happen |
adjective
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Example Sentences
- Your ob-gyn went astray ethically the moment she picked up the phone to importune you herself.
- The ghosts importune the living, begging to be remembered and avenged.
- Those you importune can decide if they deem your team a worthy cause that they wish to underwrite.
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Word Origin & History
importune
early 15c., from M.Fr. importuner, from M.L. importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from L. importunus "unfit, troublesome," originally "having no harbor" (i.e. "difficult to access"), from in- "not" + portus "harbor" (see port).
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