Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent demands, unreasonable or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. 2. (v.) To import; to signify. 3. (v. i.) To require; to demand.

Multi-Version Concordance Importune (1 Occurrence) Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; (ASV NAS RSV)