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Definition of Importunes
1. importune [v] - See also: importune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Importunes
Literary usage of Importunes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Howard Pyle, Charles Johnson (1892)
"... merchants send him no supplies—importunes them—Goes privately to Bristol—They
threaten to discover him—Goes over to Ireland—Solicits them from thence—Is ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Nathaniel Stacy, Preacher of the Gospel of Universal by Nathaniel Stacy (1850)
"... improves—Stature and weight—Commences study of arithmetic—Proficiency—Religious
convictions—Thoughts turned toward an education—Academy—importunes his ..."
3. Private and Original Correspondence of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury by Charles Talbot Shrewsbury, William Coxe (1821)
"Resolution of William to effect a new change in the administration, and reconcile
himself with the whigs—importunes the earl of Shrewsbury to become ..."
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