Import

Definition of Import

Im`port´

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing.]
	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. - Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you? - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
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.

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