purported
[per-pawr-tid, -pohr-]
- reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
Origin of purported
purport
[verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt]
- to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.
- the meaning, import, or sense: the main purport of your letter.
- purpose; intention; object: the main purport of their visit to France.
Origin of purport
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English purporten < Anglo-French purporter to convey, equivalent to pur- pro-1 + porter to carry (< Latin portāre); (noun) late Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of the v.
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Examples from the Web for purported
Contemporary Examples
The dollar value of a statistical life in the United States is purported to be around $5 million.
They are also claiming that the purported siblings are not actually related.
One purported ISIS fighter from Canada praised Rouleau and encouraged others to follow suit with violence.
No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.
But the risks of eating clay outweigh the purported benefits.
Historical Examples
The note, written in pencil, purported to be from Joseph Jenkins.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
It purported to be given only a few days after the trial had taken place.
But this present case was, or purported to be, a case of a second recapture.
There now took place what purported to be a grand reconciliation.
Richard IIIJacob Abbott
It bore the London post-mark, and purported to be from Harriet.
Johnny Ludlow. First SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
purported
- alleged; supposed; rumoureda purported two million dollar deal
purport
- to claim (to be a certain thing, etc) by manner or appearance, esp falsely
- (esp of speech or writing) to signify or imply
- meaning; significance
- purpose; object; intention
Word Origin
C15: from Anglo-French: contents, from Old French porporter to convey, from por- forth + porter to carry, from Latin portāre
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Word Origin and History for purported
purport
purport
v.
early 15c., "indicate, express, set forth," from the noun in English and from Anglo-French purporter (c.1300), from Old French purporter (see purport (n.)). Related: Purported; purporting.
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