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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing. ] [ L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. See Port demeanor. ] 1. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brazil, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I endure it, what imports it you? Dryden.

Syn. -- To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. “For that . . . importeth to the work.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Importance; weight; consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most serious design, and the great import. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. importable. See Import. ] Capable of being imported. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable. ] Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. importance. See Important. ] 1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy own importance know,
Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject; matter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Import; meaning; significance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importunity; solicitation. [ Obs. ] [ 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. ] 1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things small as nothing . . .
He makes important. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bearing on; forcible; driving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. [ Obs. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. appearing to be important; as, an important-looking sealed document. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In an important manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. importation. See Import, v. t. ] 1. The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. brought into the country from a foreign source; -- used of especially merchandise; -- correlative of exported. imported wines [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of meaning. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Void of meaning. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heavy; insupportable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Importunate. ] The quality of being importunate; importunateness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Importune. ] 1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an importunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [ R. ] Donne.

-- Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who importunes; an importuner. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate. ] 1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And their importune fates all satisfied. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all other affections it [ envy ] is the most importune and continual. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Importuned p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning. ] [ From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner. ] 1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To import; to signify. [ Obs. ] “It importunes death.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To require; to demand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall importune. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an importune manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who importunes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Importunities [ L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité. ] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. importuosus; pref. im- not + portuosus abounding in harbors, fr. portus harbor. ] Without a port or harbor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + import: cf. F. remporter. ] To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To importune again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of importance; triviality. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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