Definitions for: Importune

[v] beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"

Webster (1913) Definition: Im`por*tune", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Importuning.] [From Importune, a.: cf. F.
importuner.]
1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with
frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or
pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

Their ministers and residents here have perpetually
importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
--Swift.

2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] ``It importunes death.''
--Spenser.

Im`por*tune", v. i.
To require; to demand. [Obs.]

We shall write to you, As time and our concernings
shall importune. --Shak.

Synonyms: insist

See Also: beg, besiege, implore, pray

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