Found 2 items, similar to importune.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: importune importune v : beg persistently and urgently; “I importune you to help them” [syn: insist]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Importune Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Importune \Im`por*tune"\ ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), a. [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.] [1913 Webster] 2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); 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. [1913 Webster] Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] “It importunes death.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster]