Both Uses of
importune
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- Me then my friends first importuned to take A portion of his cheeses, then to drive Forth from the sheep-cotes to the rapid bark His kids and lambs, and plow the brine again.†
Book 9
- Telemachus, oh stranger, sends thee these, And counsels thee to importune for more 420 The suitors, one by one; for bashful fear Ill suits the mendicant by want oppress'd.†
Book 17 *
Definition:
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(importune) beg insistently or urge repeatedly