Emily Dickinson Lexicon

import (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. importāre, carry or bring in.] (webplay: bears, know, mean, moment).

1. Bring; carry; convey; transplant from another location; bring in from another country unto one's homeland; [fig.] tell; introduce; communicate; hint at.
2. Mean; signify; suggest; intimate; imply; connote.