Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mattering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Matter \Mat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mattered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mattering}.]
1. To be of importance; to import; to signify.
It matters not how they were called. --Locke.
2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.]
``Each slight sore mattereth.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
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