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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Import \Im*port"\, v. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. [1913 Webster] Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. [1913 Webster] I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak. [1913 Webster] If I endure it, what imports it you? --Dryden. Syn: To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Import \Im*port"\, v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Import \Im"port\, n. 1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. [1913 Webster] I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like. [1913 Webster] 3. Importance; weight; consequence. [1913 Webster] Most serious design, and the great import. --Shak. [1913 Webster]