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Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. The whole scope and purport of that dialogue. Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell. Shak.

Important; material. "Purposeful accounts." Tylor. -- Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.

breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak. Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot.

To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.

The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also quinnet.]

esenting definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events. [Written also quipo.] Tylor. The mysterious science of the quipus . . . supplied the Peruvians with the means of communicating their ideas to one another, and of transmitting them to future generations.…

A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks.

A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts. [India]

High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. Atterbury.

Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

luded between two countries, conferring equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in other respects.

To export again, as what has been imported.

The act of reëxporting, or of exporting an import. A. Smith.

Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.

Reference; respect; regard. I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. Dryden.

affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

ishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.

able variety of vulcanized caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent. -- Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc. -- India rubber, caoutchouc. See Caoutchouc. -- Rubber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for exclu…

o go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land. Customs run only upon our goods imported or exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest runs as well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid. Sir J. Child.