purport
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noun \ˈpər-ˌpȯrt\Definition of PURPORT
See Examples of PURPORT
- the purport of the book
- The letter was not read aloud, but all present were informed of its purport.
Origin of PURPORT
Related to PURPORT
- Synonyms
- content, denotation, drift, import, intent, intention, meaning, sense, significance, signification
Rhymes with PURPORT
abort, airport, amort, aport, assort, athwart, backcourt, bellwort, birthwort, bistort, blood sport, Bridgeport, carport, cavort, cohort, colewort, comport, consort, contort, crosscourt, deport, disport, distort, downcourt, effort, escort, exhort, export, extort, fall short, figwort, forecourt, for short, free port, frontcourt, glasswort, Gosport, Gulfport, half-court, homeport, home port, in short, jetport, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, Newport, outport, passport, presort, ragwort, report, re-sort, resort, retort, sandwort, seaport, sell short, Shreveport, spaceport, spearwort, spoilsport, Stockport, support, toothwort, transport
2pur·port
transitive verb \(ˌ)pər-ˈpȯrt\Definition of PURPORT
1
: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) <a book that purports to be an objective analysis>; also : claim <foreign novels which he purports to have translated — Mary McCarthy>
Examples of PURPORT
- <do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?>
- <he purports to be an expert in criminalistics>
First Known Use of PURPORT
15th century
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