Bible Dictionaries
Import

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.

(2):

(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 country, in the transactions of commerce; - opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

(3):

(v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.

(4):

(v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

(5):

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

(6):

(n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

(7):

(n.) Importance; weight; consequence.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Import'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/import.html. 1828.