Most serious design, and the great import.
Shak.
Im*port"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. importable. See Import.] Capable of being
imported.
Im*port"a*ble, a. [L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis
bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable.] Not to be endured;
insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Im*port"a*ble*ness, n.
[Obs.]
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.