Word Meanings - IMPORTANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Importance; significance; consequence; that which is important. Shak. "Careful to conceal importancies." Fuller.
Related words: (words related to IMPORTANCY)
- CONCEALED
Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. - IMPORTANTLY
In an important manner. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - CONSEQUENCE
A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. Link follows - CAREFULLY
In a careful manner. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - CAREFULNESS
Quality or state of being careful. - IMPORTANT
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; - CONCEALER
One who conceals. - FULLERY
The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on. - IMPORTANCE
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. Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak. - CAREFUL
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous Be careful for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton. 2. Filling with care or colicitube; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. The careful cold beinneth for to creep. - CONCEALABLE
Capable of being concealed. - SIGNIFICANCE; SIGNIFICANCY
1. The quality or state of being significant. 2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, - CONCEAL
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal - FULLER
One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed - CONCEALMENT
Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton. (more info) 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak. Some dear - INCONSEQUENCE
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. - INCONCEALABLE
Not concealable. "Inconcealable imperfections." Sir T. Browne. - SUPERCONSEQUENCE
Remote consequence. Sir T. Browne. - OVERCAREFUL
Too careful. Shak. - INSIGNIFICANCE
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases. 2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art. 3. Want - MISCONSEQUENCE
A wrong consequence; a false deduction. - SELF-IMPORTANT
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.