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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Importance \Im*por"tance\, n. [F. importance. See {Important}.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence;
weight; moment; significance.
Thy own importance know Nor bound thy narrow views
to things below. --Pope.
2. Subject; matter. [Obs.]
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.
--Shak.
3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance
were joy or sorrow. --Shak.
4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.]
At our importance hither is he come --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
importance
n 1: the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the
importance of a well-balanced diet" [ant: {unimportance}]
2: a prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn: {grandness}]
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