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verb

Import v. t. (past & past part. imported; pres. part. importing)

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.

To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. "Every petition... doth... always import a multitude of speakers together."

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."

adjective

Importing adj. Full of meaning. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Importing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Importing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Parliament at Perth, for uplifting pecuniall paines to bee imployed upon pious uses, and of all Acts of Parliament made against excommunicate Persons. Ult. August 1647. Antemeridiem. Sess. 26. Act discharging the importing, venting or spreading of erronious Books or Papers. Act for debarring of Complyers in the first Classe from Ecclesiastick office. Act for pressing and furthering the plantation of Kirks. Act for censuring absents from the Generall Assembly. Renovation of former Acts ...

— The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland

... influence lacquer was much used and beautiful lacquer panels became one of the great features of French furniture. Pieces of furniture were sent to China and Japan to be lacquered and this, combined with the expense of importing it, led many men in France to try to find out the Oriental secret. Le Sieur Dagly was supposed to have imported the secret and was established at the Gobelins works where he made what was ...

— Furnishing the Home of Good Taste • Lucy Abbot Throop

... An importing house sent two cases of exquisite champagne aboard the ship for me today—Veuve Clicquot and Lac d'Or. I and my room-mate have set apart every Saturday as a solemn fast day, wherein we will entertain no light matters of frivolous conversation, but only get drunk. ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... when it appeared in Paris a few months later, Paternostro's heirs and successors in the gem-importing business were promptly on hand to claim their property; an enterprise in which they succeeded after the determination of some legal complications; and the Paternostros started with the ruby on ...

— The Paternoster Ruby • Charles Edmonds Walk

... and the third in February 1874. By the time the original editions of the first two had been sold, American reprints, differently entitled and having the essays differently arranged, had been produced; and, for economy's sake, I have since contented myself with importing successive supplies printed from the American stereotype plates. Of the third volume, however, supplies have, as they were required, been printed over here, from plates partly American and partly English. The completion of this final edition of course puts an end to ...

— Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I • Herbert Spencer

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