mattering

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Matter \Mat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Mattering.]

1.To be of importance; to import; to signify. [1913 Webster]

It matters not how they were called.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

2.To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.] "Each slight sore mattereth." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]