purported

[per-pawr-tid]

adjective

1. reputed or claimed; alleged.

   We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.

purported

/ pɜːˈpɔːtɪd /

adjective

1. alleged; supposed; rumoured

   a purported two million dollar deal

Other Word Forms

• purportedly adverb
• unpurported adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of purported¹

First recorded in 1890–95; purport + -ed ²

Example Sentences

When England toured Australia later that year, captain Ivo Bligh was given a small terracotta urn purported to contain the ashes of a burnt wooden bail.

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That exchange came four months after the purported "right of reply" email from the Mail on Sunday on 4 March 2011.

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“If a lapse was not valid, the policy may have remained in force, requiring the benefits be paid to the beneficiary if the insured died after the purported lapse.”

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"The actual malice here is the knowing dissemination of something that was purported to be verbatim, but which is not," said Mr Neuborne, the former national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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The church, in Jerusalem, was originally built in the fourth century on what is purported to be the site of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

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Related Words

• so-called 
• stated 
• supposed