Definition of Importuned

1. Verb. (past of importune) ¹

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Definition of Importuned

1. importune [v] - See also: importune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Importuned

importers
importeth
importin
importing
importins
importless
imports
importunable
importunacy
importunate
importunately
importunateness
importunator
importunators
importuned (current term)
importunely
importuner
importuners
importunes
importuning
importunings
importunities
importunity
importuous
imposable
impose
imposed
imposer

Literary usage of Importuned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"828 was the nephew of Grizzle, importuned her and her son John and his wife, to consent to permit him to receive the money due on the mortgage, ..."

2. The Association Review by American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (1900)
"... outlines of his plan of education, and his views of residence among us.— Nat. Intel. APPENDIX H. BRAIDWOOD importuned TO OPEN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION. ..."

3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... importuned the Lords of the Council " to provide, in forne manner, for " his relief; ... importuned ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, John A. Smith, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... without being importuned for others whom he should not like:" and that he hath chosen Mr. Wren, which I am glad of, he being a very ingenious man ..."

5. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... delight devouring all weariness in the auditors; when the queen, importuned by the lords, (the Spanish ambassador, to whom she proffered it, ..."

6. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... for that the wife, maliciously intending to marry him, did often affirm that she was sole and unmarried, and importuned et stre- nue ..."

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