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importune (v.) Old form(s): importun'd
urge, press
AC IV.xv.19[Antony to Cleopatra] I here importune death awhile
CE IV.i.2[Second Merchant to Angelo] I have not much importuned you
CE IV.i.53[Angelo to Antipholus of Ephesus, of the merchant] You hear how he importunes me
E3 II.i.371[Countess to Warwick] My mother and the peers importune you / To keep in presence of his majesty
Ham I.iii.110[Ophelia to Polonius, of Hamlet] he hath importuned me with love / In honourable fashion
KL III.iv.154[disguised Kent to Gloucester, of Lear] Importune him once more to go
MM I.i.56[Duke to Angelo] We shall write to you, / As time ... shall importune
MW II.ii.206[Falstaff to Ford as Brook, of Mistress Ford] Have you importuned her to such a purpose [of satisfaction]?
Oth III.iv.104[Iago to Cassio, of Desdemona] Go, and importune her
Oth IV.i.114[Othello to himself, of Iago and Cassio] Now he importunes him to tell it o'er
RJ I.i.145[Benvolio to Montague, of Romeo] Have you importuned him by any means?
Sonn.142.10[] Whom thine eyes woo as mine importune thee
Tem II.i.130[Sebastian to Alonso, of his daughter's marriage] You were kneeled to and importuned otherwise
TG I.iii.13[Panthino to Antonio] [your brother] did request me to importune you
TG III.i.145[Duke reading Valentine's letter to Silvia, of his thoughts going to her] I thither them importune
Tim II.i.16[Senator to Caphis, of Timon] Importune him for my moneys
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