The thought or meaning expressed, as distinguished from the wording; the sense, substance, or gist (of a passage, a book, etc.). Obsolete.

Meaning; import; purport. Obsolete.

The course of meaning which holds on or continues through something written or spoken; the general sense or meaning of a document, speech, etc…

Meaning conveyed or intended; signification; import. Now rare or Obsolete.

The tenor or import of a text, speech, etc. Obsolete.

figurative. Import, meaning; character or quality (of a matter). Obsolete (archaic in later use).

The sense or signification of a word, sentence, etc. With possessive: that which a speaker or writer intends to express, imply, or insinuate; the…

The course or content of a narrative, treatise, argument, etc.; drift, tenor, gist. Obsolete.

Tenor, contents; content, capacity.

Meaning, effect, import, esp. of words; = purport, n. 1. Chiefly in to this (also that, the same,etc.) purpose. Cf. cross-purpose, n. 1. Now rare.

That which is embodied in a statement; the meaning or purport of what is expressed in writing or speech; the gist or essential meaning of an account…

That which is conveyed or expressed, esp. by a formal document or speech; effect, tenor, import; meaning, substance, sense.

The substance of a book, speech, etc.; the contents of a composition in respect of the facts or ideas expressed, as distinct from the form of…

The meaning or purport of a person's words. Obsolete.

That which is contained; contents, tenor.

= content, n.1 2 3.

Tenor, import; substance. Obsolete. rare.

The purport, drift, tenor, or substance (of a statement, intention, etc.); = effect, n. 3b. Sometimes in collocation with form. Obsolete.

The sum or substance of what is contained in a document; tenor, purport. In this sense, used both in singular and plural, and also in plural…

Meaning, purport, tenor, scope (of a speech or writing). Now the usual sense.

The way in which anything is to be understood; meaning, significance, import. Obsolete or blending with 5.

The general character or tenor of something. Obsolete.

That which is signified by a word or phrase; meaning, signification, import. Obsolete. rare.

The object which a writer or speaker has in view, that which he wishes to express or enforce; the main purpose, intention, or drift of a writer, a…

Meaning, significance; = import, n. 2. Obsolete.

The continuous connected purport or tenor of a narrative; drift. Obsolete.

The real import or significance (of a document, statement, or the like); the precise meaning or ‘value’ (of a word, sentence, etc.) as affecting its…

An idea or connected series of ideas considered to be independent of the language in which it is expressed, and able to be expressed in a different…

The thread, course, or tenor (of a story, argument, etc.). Obsolete.

= intendment, n. 3.

= purport, n.

= purport, n.

That which is implied or signified, esp. by a document, phrase, word, etc.; purport, significance, meaning.

Meaning, purport; = import, n. 2.

figurative. The meaning, substance, or import of a passage, speech, text, etc. Obsolete.

Import, meaning, significance. Obsolete. rare.

Meaning, import. Also: a particular meaning. Frequently with of. Cf. significance, n. 1a.

The full value, effect, significance, or importance of something. Obsolete.

In extended use: the scope or limits of anything (as a document, inquiry, scheme, subject, occupation, etc.); remit; intent.

esp. An emotional thought expressed in literature or art; the feeling or meaning intended to be conveyed by a passage, as distinguished from the…

Relation, tenor, sense (of words). Obsolete.

Chiefly with the. The general intent or true meaning underlying a law, statement, etc., as opposed to its strict literal interpretation.

The broad meaning of something; an expressed or implied central theme or significant point, esp. one with political, social, or moral importance…

The principal theme or gist (of remarks, an argument, etc.); a point, aim, or purpose. Originally and chiefly U.S.

The ideas or messages conveyed explicitly or implicitly in order to make a point or persuade an audience, esp. as part of a targeted commercial or…