To amount to (something) of moment or importance, to be of significance to a person; to concern. Chiefly in interrogative and negative contexts.

impersonal or quasi-impersonal. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter, signify. Obsolete.

to stand (a person) in store: to be valuable to. Obsolete.

transitive. To amount to, count as, avail, signify (much, little, nothing, etc.) in relation to the question under consideration. Now frequently in t…

transitive. To be of importance to; to be the concern or business of; to involve; to affect.

transitive. To touch or concern (a person or thing) closely. Obsolete. rare.

With anticipatory it as subject. transitive. With to-infinitive clause as complement. Frequently with the sense ‘behove, be incumbent on, be the…

transitive. = concern, v. 3a.

To do good; to be of use or value; to profit, avail, help. (Only used in 3rd person.) with sense ‘it matters’.

transitive. With modifying word or phrase: to be important to a person to the extent indicated, esp. as a source of benefit or as an object of…