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Pronunciation : Im*port"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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 Brasil, etc.
2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker.
3. 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.
Syn. -- To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.
t. [imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Im*port"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." Bacon.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Im"port
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. 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.
2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
3. Importance; weight; consequence. Most serious design, and the great import. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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