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adjective

Important adj.

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."

Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty. "Things small as nothing... He makes important."

Bearing on; forcible; driving. (Obs.) "He fiercely at him flew, And with important outrage him assailed."

Importunate; pressing; urgent. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious.

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Etymology of 'Important'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Important" Quotes from Famous Books

... phenomena has been made it is the method of science no less than the common tendency of the human mind to buttress this theory with analogies and fancied homologies. In other words the isolated facts are built up into a generalisation. It is important to remember that in most cases this mental process begins very early; so that the analogies play a very obtrusive part in the building up of theories. As a rule a multitude of such influences play a part consciously or unconsciously in shaping any belief. ...

— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith

... as you may judge from our dusty and exhausted condition," replied Rasul Khan, "we have managed to capture three most important prisoners, on whose heads a high price has been placed by the Sikh Durbar. They are the most desperate ruffians, full of the wiles of Satan, and we greatly fear lest they should escape us. I and my troops are weary, and to ...

— The Story of the Guides • G. J. Younghusband

... to Necia to be an integral part of such important matters, and she took pride in voting on every question; but Burrell, who observed the proceedings from neutral ground, could not shake off the notion that all was not right. Things moved too smoothly. It looked as if there had been a rehearsal. Poleon ...

— The Barrier • Rex Beach

... door. Then he returned to his hiding-place under the roof. He knew that a strange sort of madness was in his blood, for in the face of tonight's tragedy only madness could inspire him with the ecstatic thrill that was in his veins. Kedsty's death seemed far removed from a more important thing—the fact that from this hour Marette was his to fight for, that she belonged to him, that she must go with him. He loved her. In spite of whoever she was and whatever she had done, he loved her. Very soon she would tell him what had happened in the room below, ...

— The Valley of Silent Men • James Oliver Curwood

... other changes, which marked the alteration from the old life to the new with difficulties and embarrassments which were inevitable. One of those, and the most important, has been already indicated. It concerned Geoff. The change in Geoff's existence was great. Into the morning-room, where his mother and he had constantly sat together, where he had his lessons, where all the corners were full of his ...

— A Country Gentleman and his Family • Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

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