DAY 70 today is rain but so hoping it doesn't go to snow, spring must be here! Day Light Saving Time Tomorrow!!

IMPORTUNE

verb, to urge or beg with troublesome persistence, annoy, trouble

On the last day of school, the students importuned the teacher to let them out of class a few minutes early!!

The teacher loves spring break.

"Importune" has many synonyms---including "beg" "entreat," "beseech" and "implore." "Beg" suggests earnestness or insistence especially in asking for a favour ("the children begged to stay up late"). "Entreat" implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance ("she entreated him to change his mind"). "Beseech" implies great eagerness or anxiety ("I beseech you to have mercy"), and "implore" adds to "beseech" a suggestion of greater urgency or anguished appeal ("he implored her not to leave him"). But it is "importune" that best cores irritating doggedness in trying to break down resistance to a request and the accompanying annoyance ("the filmmakers were importuning viewers for contribution"), as it has since Middle English speakers adopted it from Anglo-French in the 15th century.

hugs always

karen charlie and enzo