importuneIMPORTU'NE, v.t. [L. importunus; in and porto, to bear on.] To request with urgency; to press with solicitation; to urge with frequent or unceasing application. IMPORTU'NE, a. [L. importunus. Formerly accented on the second syllable.] [This word is obsolete; being superseded by importunate, unless perhaps in poetry.] |