Found 3 hits - Term: imported, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
import \import"\, 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
see also:
imported importing port
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
imported \imported\ adj.
brought into the country from a foreign source; -- used of
especially merchandise; -- correlative of exported. imported
wines
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
imported
adj : used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign
source; "imported wines"
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