purported; purporting; purports
Definition of purport
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
purport
nounDefinition of purport (Entry 2 of 2)
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