IMPORTUNE (2)

importune (2). Importune, a. troublesome, urgent, unseasonable

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Im′por‐tune″, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned (–tūnd″); p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning.] [[From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]] 1. 1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. Swift. 2. 2. To import; to signify. “It importunes death.” Spenser.