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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Importune \Im'por*tune"\, verb (used without an object) To require; to demand. [Obs.]
We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Importune \Im'por*tune"\ ([i^]m'p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), adjective [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See {Port} harbor, and cf. {Importunate}.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Importune \Im'por*tune"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Importuned} ([i^]m'p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.] [From {Importune}, adjective: 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
importune
verb: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" [syn: {insist}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "importune": advocate, aggravating, annoying, appeal, apply pressure, approach, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, bothering, bothersome, bug, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, crave, disturbing, dun, entreat, exasperating, exert pressure, exhort, galling, harassing, high-pressure, implore, importunate, insist, insist upon, invoke, irking, irksome, irritating, jawbone, lobby, make a pass, make advances, make an overture, nag, nag at, overture, pesky, pester, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plague, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, plead, plead with, ply, pray, press, pressure, proposition, provoking, push, recommend, soft-soap, solicit, supplicate, sweet-talk, tease, teasing, throw a pass, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, urge, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wheedle, work on, worrisome, worrying
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