purport
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
1synonym study For purport
Other words for purport
Other words from purport
- pur·port·less, adjective
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How to use purport in a sentence
Pills purporting to be Viagra filled with printer ink and rat poison.
To support his position, Governor Snyder presented a study purporting to prove the contention.
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As sure as you and I stand at this moment here, Russia will produce some document purporting to be signed by the king.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
Now another document was forthcoming, purporting to have been witnessed, on the same day, by these two surviving witnesses!
Orley Farm | Anthony TrollopeThat letter, purporting to be from Philip, and directing her to come to Chastel, was surely a forgery!
The Hosts of the Air | Joseph A. AltshelerMy son has this morning received from Chicago a letter purporting to come from Stuart and giving the location of that ring.
Christopher and the Clockmakers | Sara Ware BassettIt is in a small, cramped hand, and you know the one purporting to be from him later was in a big, sprawly hand.
The Come Back | Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for 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
Origin of purport
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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