Usually means: Persistently pleaded for something desired.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word importuned:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. importuned: Merriam-Webster
  2. importuned: Collins English Dictionary
  3. importuned: Vocabulary.com
  4. importuned: Wordnik
  5. importuned: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. importuned: Wiktionary
  7. Importuned, importuned: Dictionary.com
  8. Importuned: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Importuned: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. importuned: FreeDictionary.org
  11. importuned: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. importuned: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. importuned: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (importune)

verb:  To bother, irritate, trouble.
verb:  To harass with persistent requests.
verb:  To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
verb:  (obsolete) To import; to signify.
adjective:  (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
adjective:  (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
adjective:  (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
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