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Import   /ɪmpˈɔrt/  /ˈɪmpɔrt/   Listen
noun
Import  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."
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."


verb
Import  v. t.  (past & past part. imported; pres. part. importing)  
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 Brazil, etc.
2.
To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. "Every petition... doth... always import a multitude of speakers together."
3.
To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. "I have a motion much imports your good." "If I endure it, what imports it you?"
Synonyms: To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.


Import  v. i.  To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that... importeth to the work."





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"Import" Quotes from Famous Books



... Waltheof, as his country's champion, On bus'ness of high import and high matters, Oft at my royal uncle's ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 41, Saturday, August 10, 1850 • Various
... to inquire. Such was the fact, however, and none connected with the equipment of the Sea Lion, of Holmes' Hole, knew anything of the existence of that document, its present possessor excepted. He looked it over occasionally, and deemed the information it conveyed of no trifling import, under all the circumstances ...
— The Sea Lions - The Lost Sealers • James Fenimore Cooper
... respectfully to announce that he has determined to import, at any expense whatever, one of Dr. MILIO'S Concentrated Electric Beamers. With this Dr. PUNCHINELLO does not intend to engage in private practice. His purpose is to throw the light directly into the Body Politic, ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 • Various
... copy of verses I sent Mr. Graham, of Fintray, accompanying a request for his assistance in a matter to me of very great moment. To that gentleman I am already doubly indebted, for deeds of kindness of serious import to my dearest interests, done in a manner grateful to the delicate feelings of sensibility. This poem is a species of composition new to me, but I do not intend it shall be my last essay of the kind, as you will see by the "Poet's Progress." These fragments, if my design succeed, are ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham
... offer either prayers or sacrifice. In that land of forgetfulness and shadows there is the unnavigable lake Avernus, Acheron, Styx, the groaning Cocytus, and Phlegethon, with its waves of fire. There are all kinds of monsters and forms of fearful import: Cerberus, with his triple head; Charon, freighting his boat with the shades of the dead; the Fates, in their garments of ermine bordered with purple; the avenging Erinnys; Rhadamanthus, before whom every Asiatic must render ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper


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