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purport
pur·port P0671000 (pər-pôrt′)tr.v. pur·port·ed, pur·port·ing, pur·ports To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess: a novel that purports to be a sailor's memoir; an author who purports to have witnessed the events.n. (pûr′pôrt′)1. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import. See Synonyms at substance.2. Intention; purpose: The purport of the visit was to discuss trade relations.
[Middle English purporten, to set forth, from Anglo-Norman purporter : pur-, forth (from Latin prō-; see pro-1) + porter, to carry (from Latin portāre; see per- in Indo-European roots).]purport vb (tr) 1. to claim (to be a certain thing, etc) by manner or appearance, esp falsely2. (esp of speech or writing) to signify or imply n 3. meaning; significance 4. purpose; object; intention [C15: from Anglo-French: contents, from Old French porporter to convey, from por- forth + porter to carry, from Latin portāre]pur•port (v. pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; n. ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt)
v.t. 1. to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim: a man purporting to be the manager. 2. to convey; express or imply. n. 3. the meaning, import, or sense. 4. a purpose or intention. [1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English < Anglo-French purporter to convey] syn: See meaning. purport
Past participle: purported
Gerund: purporting
| Present |
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| I purport | | you purport | | he/she/it purports | | we purport | | you purport | | they purport |
| Preterite |
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| I purported | | you purported | | he/she/it purported | | we purported | | you purported | | they purported |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am purporting | | you are purporting | | he/she/it is purporting | | we are purporting | | you are purporting | | they are purporting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have purported | | you have purported | | he/she/it has purported | | we have purported | | you have purported | | they have purported |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was purporting | | you were purporting | | he/she/it was purporting | | we were purporting | | you were purporting | | they were purporting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had purported | | you had purported | | he/she/it had purported | | we had purported | | you had purported | | they had purported |
| Future |
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| I will purport | | you will purport | | he/she/it will purport | | we will purport | | you will purport | | they will purport |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have purported | | you will have purported | | he/she/it will have purported | | we will have purported | | you will have purported | | they will have purported |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be purporting | | you will be purporting | | he/she/it will be purporting | | we will be purporting | | you will be purporting | | they will be purporting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been purporting | | you have been purporting | | he/she/it has been purporting | | we have been purporting | | you have been purporting | | they have been purporting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been purporting | | you will have been purporting | | he/she/it will have been purporting | | we will have been purporting | | you will have been purporting | | they will have been purporting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been purporting | | you had been purporting | | he/she/it had been purporting | | we had been purporting | | you had been purporting | | they had been purporting |
| Conditional |
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| I would purport | | you would purport | | he/she/it would purport | | we would purport | | you would purport | | they would purport |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have purported | | you would have purported | | he/she/it would have purported | | we would have purported | | you would have purported | | they would have purported |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | purport - the intended meaning of a communicationintent, spiritmeaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" | | 2. | purport - the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation"drifttenor, strain - the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" | | Verb | 1. | purport - have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" | | 2. | purport - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"purpose, aim, proposeintend, mean, think - have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" |
purportverb claim, allege, proclaim, maintain, declare, pretend, assert, pose as, profess a book that purports to tell the whole truthpurportnoun1. That which is signified by a word or expression:acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, sense, significance, significancy, signification, value.2. The gist of a specific action or situation:idea, import, meaning, point, significance, significancy.3. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement:amount, burden, drift, import, substance, tenor.Idioms: sum and substance, sum total.4. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse:aim, burden, drift, intent, meaning, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust.Translationssensosignificaresignificatovoler passare perbewerendoelgewichtintentielatenpropósitoподразумевать
Purport
Related to Purport: thesaurusPurportTo convey, imply, or profess; to have an appearance or effect. The purport of an instrument generally refers to its facial appearance or import, as distinguished from the tenor of an instrument, which means an exact copy or duplicate. PURPORT, pleading. This word means the substance of a writing, as it appears on the face of it, to the eye that reads it; it differs from tenor. (q.v.), 2 Russ. on Cr. 365; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 235; 1 East, R. 179, and the cases in the notes. purport
Related to purport: thesaurusSynonyms for purportverb claimSynonyms- claim
- allege
- proclaim
- maintain
- declare
- pretend
- assert
- pose as
- profess
Synonyms for purportnoun that which is signified by a word or expressionSynonyms- acceptation
- connotation
- denotation
- import
- intent
- meaning
- message
- sense
- significance
- significancy
- signification
- value
noun the gist of a specific action or situationSynonyms- idea
- import
- meaning
- point
- significance
- significancy
noun the general sense or significance, as of an action or statementSynonyms- amount
- burden
- drift
- import
- substance
- tenor
noun the thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourseSynonyms- aim
- burden
- drift
- intent
- meaning
- substance
- tendency
- tenor
- thrust
Synonyms for purportnoun the intended meaning of a communicationSynonymsRelated Words- meaning
- signification
- import
- significance
noun the pervading meaning or tenorSynonymsRelated Wordsverb have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claimingRelated Wordsverb propose or intendSynonymsRelated Words |