reimportune

present singular third person reimportunes · participle present reimportuning · participle past reimportuned · past reimportuned

1. To importune again.

   'Is that -- she dismantlingly ogled -- what you're after?':and Mrs Thoroughfare 'reimportunes' her friend.

   1977, Mervyn Horder, Ronald Firbank: memoirs and critiques, page 219

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   The distinguished Secretary being importuned and reimportuned by the Chinese authorities, just as they importuned and reimportuned Secretary Evarts and Secretary Blaine, said, “I will see if the President will not submit it to the compassion and the generostiy and the pity of Congress.

   1886, United States. Congress, Congressional Record

   This done, he reimportuned Victor Riley, who, knowing now what Fred had known for weeks about the T.T. engine inventory, had one of the spares gift wrapped and released to the gruff little Yorkshireman.

   1988, Beverly Rae Kimes, Great Cars and Grand Marques, →ISBN, page 43

   And on first advantage Of his 'gained sense, will I reimportune him Unto the making of his testament : And show him this.

   1999, Ben Jonson, G. A. Wilkes, Gerald Alfred Wilkes, Five Plays, →ISBN, page 245