Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Important

Important , adjective

[French important. See Import, transitive verb]

1.
Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. [Obsolete]
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. — Shakespeare
3.
Bearing on; forcible; driving. [Obsolete]
He fiercely at him flew, And with important outrage him assailed. — Spenser
4.
Importunate; pressing; urgent. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare