I . n.
1.
Substance, body.
2.
Sense, substance.
3.
Good sense, substance.
4.
Trouble, cause of distress, difficulty.
5.
Thing.
6.
Indefinite amount, quantity, or portion.
7.
Stuff, material, raw material.
8.
Topic, subject, question, subject-~, ~ in hand.
9.
Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.
10.
Importance, consequence, import, moment, significance.
11.
Pus, purulence, purulent ~.
II . v. n.
1.
Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.
2.
Maturate, suppurate.