Read full poem →Nor make they any man that hears them glad.
If he loves not, deaf ears thou dost importune,
Or if he loves, thy tale breeds his misfortune.
Dictionary Entry
To bother, trouble, irritate.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. importune
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Poetry examples for “importune”
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Read full poem →Join to make a happy pair,
And for such the god importune,
With full many a fruitless prayer:
Read full poem →To treat as dearest friend, a foe;
They never importune his Grace;
Nor ever cringe to men in place;
Read full poem →By her gait directly and her stoop,
I, whom Jacynth was used to importune 395
To let that same witch tell us our fortune.
Read full poem →Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov'st those
Whom thine eyes woo as mine importune thee:
Root pity in thy heart, that, when it grows,