IMPORTABLE Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable.]
Defn: Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.] Chaucer.
— Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]
IMPORTANCE
Im*por"tance, n. Etym: [F. importance. See Important.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight;
moment; significance.
Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.
Pope.
2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.
4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.
IMPORTANCY
Im*por"tan*cy, n.
Defn: Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important.
[Obs.] Shak. "Careful to conceal importancies." Fuller.
IMPORTANT
Im*por"tant, a. Etym: [F. important. See Import, v. t.]