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.
IMPORT
Im*port", v. i.
Defn: To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." Bacon.
IMPORT
Im"port, n.
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.
IMPORTABLE
Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. importable. See Import.]
Defn: Capable of being imported.