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Webster 1913 Edition

Import

Im-port′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Imported
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Importing
.]
[L.
importare
to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref.
im-
in +
portare
to bear. Sense 3 comes through F.
importer
, from the Latin. See
Port
demeanor.]
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.
Hooker.
3.
To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
I have a motion much
imports
your good.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

Im-port′

,
Verb.
I.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
“For that . . . importeth to the work.”
Bacon.

Im′port

,
Noun.
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
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Import

IMPO'RT

,
Verb.
T.
[L.importo; in and porto,to bar. See Bear.]
1.
To bring from a foreign country or jurisdiction, or from another state, into one's own country, jurisdiction or state; opposed to export. We import teas and silks from China, wines from Spain and France,and dry goods from Great Britain. Great Britain imports cotton from American and India. We may say also that Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine import flour from the middle states.
2.
To bear or convey, as signification or meaning; to mean; to signify; to imply. We are to understand by a term, what it clearly imports.
3.
To be of weight to; to be of moment or consequence to; to bear on the interest of, or to have a bearing on.
Her length of sickness, with what else more serious
Importeth thee to know,this bears.
If I endure it,what imports it you?

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