Sure, to importune is to beg, but use it only when you're talking about going beyond mere begging into more urgent territory. The woman importuned the judge to release her innocent brother from jail.
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
Verb
beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
a.
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with
frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity;
hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
a.
To import; to signify.
v. i.
To require; to demand.
Importune
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands.2.
Importune
We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune.
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
To require; to demand.
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