PURPORTED

Etymology

Adjective

purported

Supposed, or assumed to be.

Normally assumed to be.

Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so

Verb

purported

simple past tense and past participle of purport

Anagrams

• prorupted

Source: Wiktionary


PURPORT

Pur"port, n. Etym: [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]

1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. The whole scope and purport of that dialogue. Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell. Shak.

2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.] For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.

Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.] Etym: [OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.]

Definition: To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; - - often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. Rowe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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