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-matter, matter in hand.
9.
Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.
10.
Importance, consequence, import, moment, significance.
11.
Pus, purulence, purulent matter.
II.
v. n.
1.
Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.
2.
Maturate, suppurate.