To press hard; to ply closely with questions, entreaties, etc. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To ask or request; to urge, press.

(In early use sometimes in α form, perhaps from a direct association with branch II.: see note in… transitive. To urge by words or arguments; to try…

transitive. To endeavour to influence or persuade (a person); to urge, entreat, petition. Obsolete.

transitive. To urge, entreat urgently, importune. Obsolete.

transitive. To urge, press, solicit, importune (a person); to ask for (a thing) urgently. Also absol.

transitive. To ask or request something of (a person) persistently or pressingly; to accost with questions or requests; to beg, beseech.

In various idiomatic uses (with prepositions, etc.), expressive of steady and continuous action. (Cf… to lie at, upon: to importune, urge. Obsolete.

transitive. To keep at (a person) with (something presented to his attention); = ply, v.2 5a. Obsolete.

To entreat or plead with (a person) pertinaciously; to importune, press, or ply with arguments or strong persuasion; to prompt, solicit, or request…

transitive. To ask or request something of (a person) persistently or pressingly; = importune, v. 1.

Cf. apply, v. 18b. transitive. To urge or solicit (a person) persistently or importunately; to keep on at (a person) with questions, petitions…

intransitive. Scottish. To urge; to importune. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To entreat (a person) earnestly; to importune (rare).

figurative. To assail with importunate addresses or prayers.

transitive. To importune or pester, esp. in private. Also: to influence or bias (a person) secretly; to insinuate oneself into the confidence of…

slang. transitive. Chiefly U.S. To beg, importune, pester (a person), esp. for money.

transitive (a) To importune (a person) in a touting manner; (b) to solicit custom for (a thing), to try to sell; also (U.S.) in extended sense…

transitive. To send an urgent message requesting (someone) to do something.

intransitive. = importune, v. Also transitive.