Important
important (?), a. (F.important. See Import, v. t.)
1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with
great interests; restless; anxious. (Obs.)
Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important.
Chapman.
2. Carrying or possessing weight or
consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant;
weighty.
Things small as nothing . . .
He makes important. Shak.
3. Bearing on; forcible; driving.
(Obs.)
He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed.
Spenser.
4. Importunate; pressing; urgent.
(Obs.) Shak.
Syn. -- Weighty; momentous; significant; essential;
necessary; considerable; influential; serious.
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