Import — Defs

01 v. t. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign coun…

imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.” — 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.

Syn. To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

02 v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

03 n. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

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.