Definition of "importunate" in English

adjective

1. (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

2. (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.

noun

1. An importuner.

verb

1. (rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity.

   • All which notwithstanding, I obtained licence at length to make my supplication to the noble Parliament house; but I could find no messengers till Sir John Seton went, whom I importunated daily to obtain me favor for my return home again.
   • Is my work ended? The fear of importunating my friends answers, “Yes.”
   • It is the concrete that impresses, that importunates until it influences—in writing as in everything else.