IMPORTANT

Source: 566, 567

important. Important, a. momentous, weighty, forcible

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