Importune — Defs

01 a. Inopportune; unseasonable.

1.
Inopportune; unseasonable.[Obs.]
2.
Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation.[Obs.]
“And their importune fates all satisfied.” — Spenser.

“Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.” — Bacon.

02 v. t. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to i…

imp. & p. p. Importuned; p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning

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.]

03 v. i. To require; to demand.

1.
To require; to demand.[Obs.]
“We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune.” — Shak.