a. Void of meaning. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I endure it, what imports it you? Dryden.
v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. “For that . . . importeth to the work.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Most serious design, and the great import. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable. ] Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
a. [ Cf. F. importable. See Import. ] Capable of being imported. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. importance. See Important. ]
Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
At our importance hither is he come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. [ Obs. ] Shak. “Careful to conceal importancies.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. important. See Import, v. t. ]
Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Things small as nothing . . .
He makes important. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. appearing to be important;
adv. In an important manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I endure it, what imports it you? Dryden.
v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. “For that . . . importeth to the work.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Most serious design, and the great import. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable. ] Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
a. [ Cf. F. importable. See Import. ] Capable of being imported. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. importance. See Important. ]
Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
At our importance hither is he come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. [ Obs. ] Shak. “Careful to conceal importancies.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. important. See Import, v. t. ]
Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Things small as nothing . . .
He makes important. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. appearing to be important;
adv. In an important manner. [ 1913 Webster ]