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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Importune  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Importune  \Im`por*tune"\,  v.  i. 
  To  require;  to  demand.  [Obs.] 
 
  We  shall  write  to  you  As  time  and  our  concernings 
  shall  importune.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  importune 
  v  :  beg  persistently  and  urgently;  "I  importune  you  to  help 
  them"  [syn:  {insist}] 




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