Part 5622

<hw>Im`po*ros"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perf. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>porosity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>imporosit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.</def> "The . . . <i>imporosity</i> betwixt the tangible parts."

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Im*por"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Import</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Imported</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Importing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>importare</ets> to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>portare</ets> to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. <ets>importer</ets>, from the Latin. See <er>Port</er> demeanor.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>export</i>. We <i>import</i> teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.</def>

<blockquote>Every petition . . . doth . . . always <b>import</b> a multitude of speakers together. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.</def>

<blockquote>I have a motion much <b>imports</b> your good. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I endure it, what <b>imports</b> it you? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.</syn>

<h1>Import</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To signify; to purport; to be of moment.</def> "For that . . . <i>importeth</i> to the work."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Import</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im"port</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to <i>exports</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I take the <b>imports</b> from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Importance; weight; consequence.</def>

<blockquote>Most serious design, and the great <b>import</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Importable</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>importable</ets>. See <er>Import</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being imported.</def>

<h1>Importable</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"a*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>importabilis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>portabilis</ets> bearable: cf. OF. <ets>importable</ets>. See <er>Portable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Im*port"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Importance</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>importance</ets>. See <er>Important</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.</def>