Both Uses of
importune
in
Don Quixote
- Her uncle kept her in great seclusion and retirement, but for all that the fame of her great beauty spread so that, as well for it as for her great wealth, her uncle was asked, solicited, and importuned, to give her in marriage not only by those of our town but of those many leagues round, and by the persons of highest quality in them.†
Chpt 1.11-12importuned = begged insistently or urged repeatedly
- He wept, he entreated, he promised, he flattered, he importuned, he pretended with so much feeling and apparent sincerity, that he overthrew the virtuous resolves of Camilla and won the triumph he least expected and most longed for.†
Chpt 1.33-34 *
Definition:
beg insistently or urge repeatedly