| VERB | communication | importune, insist | beg persistently and urgently |
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| Meaning | beg persistently and urgently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They importune him to write the letter | |
| Example | "I importune you to help them" | |
| Synonym | insist | |
| Narrower | besiege | harass, as with questions or requests |
| Broader | beg, implore, pray | Call upon in supplication |
| Spanish | importunar, insistir | |
| Catalan | importunar, insistir | |
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