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portance
[ pawr-tns, pohr- ]
noun
, Archaic.
- bearing; behavior.
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Example Sentences
They were made of gold, of silver, of brass and of marble, according to their im-portance and merits.
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Such articles, he says, give a disproportionate im portance to the negative side of his views.
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Rymer, in his criticism on this play, has changed it to portents, instead of portance.
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I believe portance was the author's word in some revised copy.
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