A very important person of high-ranking or spending power, used especially when anyone can obtain VIP treatment, to distinguish people with especially high requirements.

To bother, irritate, trouble. / To harass with persistent requests. / To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals. / (obsolete) To import; to signify.

(obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting. / (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable. / (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.

(of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. / (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.

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

(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance. / In an important manner.

A constant and insistent demanding. / (obsolete) An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.

In an importunate manner; with persistent or urgent solicitation.

simple past tense and past participle of importune

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune