Part 5623

<blockquote>Thy own <b>importance</b> know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Subject; matter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Upon <b>importance</b> of so slight and trivial a nature. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Import; meaning; significance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The wisest beholder could not say if the <b>importance</b> were joy or sorrow. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Importunity; solicitation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>At our <b>importance</b> hither is he come. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Importancy</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Shak</i>. "Careful to conceal <i>importancies</i>." <i>Fuller</i>.

<h1>Important</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>important</ets>. See <er>Import</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very <b>important</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.</def>

<blockquote>Things small as nothing . . . He makes <b>important</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Bearing on; forcible; driving.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He fiercely at him flew, And with <b>important</b> outrage him assailed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Importunate; pressing; urgent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious.</syn>

<h1>Importantly</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*por"tant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an important manner.</def>

<h1>Importation</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im`por*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>importation</ets>. See <er>Import</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of carrying, conveying, or delivering.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to <i>exportation</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.</def>

<h1>Importer</h1> <Xpage=737>

<hw>Im*port"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to <i>exporter</i>.</def>

<h1>Importing</h1> <Xpage=737>