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

Meaning of purported from wikipedia

- Look up purpose, intention, intentional, intentionally, or purport in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Purpose is the end for which something is done...
- Philosophiae Frau Berchta, a purported deity and female equivalent of Berchtold proposed by Jacob Grimm Biel [de], a purported deity potentially stemming...
- 4B (or "Four No's") is a radical feminist movement which is purported to have originated in South Korea in 2019. Its proponents renounce dating men, marriage...
- The list of lake and river monsters attested in worldwide folklore. A wooden carving of Nyaminyami An artist's concept of Storsjöodjuret An artist's concept...
- An intention is a mental state in which the agent commits themselves to a course of action. Having the plan to visit the zoo tomorrow is an example of...
- vs. golden plates with "reformed Egyptian" inscriptions). Most other purported similarities, attested by various witness affidavits gathered by Doctor...
- Adaptogens or adaptogenic substances are used in herbal medicine for the purported stabilization of physiological processes and promotion of homeostasis...
- that a purported crown of thorns was venerated at Jerusalem in the first centuries of the common era. Some time afterwards, the crown was purportedly moved...
- Jenkem is a purported inhalant and hallucinogen created from fermented human waste. In the mid-1990s, it was reported to be a po****r street drug among...
- Melendez (May 1, 1971 – March 17, 1996) was a member of the Club Kids and purported drug dealer who lived and worked in New York City. He was killed by Michael...