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What (who) is Importune - definition
importune
v. (formal)
1) (D; tr.) to importune for
2) (H) to importune smb. to do smt.
importune
[??mp?:'tju:n]
¦ verb
1. harass with persistent requests.
2. [usu. as noun importuning] approach to offer one's services as a prostitute.
Origin
C16: from Fr. importuner or med. L. importunari, from L. importunus (see importunate).
importune
(importunes, importuning, importuned)
If someone importunes another person, they ask them for something or ask them to do something, in an annoying way. (FORMAL)
One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers by.
= pester
VERB: V n, also V n to-inf, V n for n [disapproval]
Examples of use of Importune
1. But the construction companies involved in the project can‘t understand what possessed the mayor to importune the ILA to sell the rights to the land, mainly because the ILA already did that, and not to the city of Nez Tziona.
2. Jesus said: "Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth" (Luke 11:8). Importune means "to urge or beg with troublesome persistence." So this is the type of asking that succeeds.