'Mattering' definitions:

Definition of 'Mattering'

From: GCIDE
  • Matter \Mat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Mattering.]
  • 1. To be of importance; to import; to signify. [1913 Webster]
  • It matters not how they were called. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.] "Each slight sore mattereth." --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]