Definition of "importune" [im•por•tune]

• To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To ask for urgently or repeatedly. (verb-transitive)
• To annoy; vex. (verb-transitive)
• To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg. (verb-intransitive)
• Importunate. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE: address _address'_ adept _adept'_ adult _adult'_ ally _ally'_ commandant _commandänt '(ä as in arm) _ contour _contour'_ dessert _dessert'_ dilate _dilate'_ excise _eksiz'_ finance _finance'_ grimace _grimace'_ importune _importune'_ occult _occult'_ pretence _pretence'_ research _research'_ robust _robust'_ romance _romance'_ tirade _tirade'_"
• "They simply want to scream racism and blather about the civil rights of non-citizens and see the law as an opportunity to importune for their point of view."
• "Michelle Dulak Thomson: If it is “rude” and “insensitive” to importune people at the entrances and exits of buildings they really need to get into/out of, I have a serious beef with the local Girl Scouts."