purport
verb (used with object)
to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.
purportless
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a word derived from
purport.
Example Sentences
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And, lastly, the injunctions which enjoin certain acts for the sake of final Release would be purportless if the person merged in deep sleep attained Release.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
And both in the abstract sense are purportless and ineffectual without Consciousness.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
If entity did spring from non-entity, the assumption of special causes would be purportless, since non-entity is in all cases one and the same.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut
