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Definition of: importunate
(im·pôr′chə·nit) adjective
1. Urgent in character, request, or demand; insistent; pertinacious.
2. Obs. Vexatious. See synonyms Under EAGER1, TROUBLESOME, URGENT. [<Med. L importunatus, pp. of importunari. See IMPORTUNE.]
—im·por′tu·nate·ly adverb
—im·por′tu·nate·ness noun
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