Im‐por″tant (?), a. [F. important. See Import, v. t.] 1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
Thou hast strength as much
As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman.
2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
Things small as nothing...
He makes important. Shak.
3. Bearing on; forcible; driving.
He fiercely at him flew,
And with important outrage him assailed. Spenser.
4. Importunate; pressing; urgent. Shak.
Syn. — Weighty; momentous; significant; essential; necessary; considerable; influential; serious.