import

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1. 1.To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker.
2. 2.To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you Dryden.
3. 3.To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." Bacon.
4. 4.Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. Burke.
5. 5.That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
6. 6.Importance; weight; consequence. Most serious design, and the great import. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker called?
• What is to be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you Dryden called?
• What is to signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." Bacon called?
• What is that which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like called?
• What is importance; weight; consequence. Most serious design, and the great import. Shak called?