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purport

[ verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:

    a document purporting to be official.

  2. to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.

    Synonyms: , ,



noun

  1. the meaning, import, or sense:

    the main purport of your letter.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. purpose; intention; object:

    the main purport of their visit to France.

purport

verb

  1. to claim (to be a certain thing, etc) by manner or appearance, esp falsely
  2. (esp of speech or writing) to signify or imply
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. meaning; significance
  2. purpose; object; intention
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܰpǰ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of purport1

First recorded in 1375–1425; (verb) late Middle English purporten, from Anglo-French purporter “to mean, signify,” Old French porporter “to carry, convey,” equivalent to pur- pro- 1 + porter “to carry” (from Latin ǰ ); (noun) late Middle English, from Anglo-French, derivative of the verb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of purport1

C15: from Anglo-French: contents, from Old French porporter to convey, from por- forth + porter to carry, from Latin ǰ
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Leaving aside that in 2023, 23andMe disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.9 million customers, there’s obviously no guarantee that any potential buyer will share its purported commitment to privacy.

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The problem with this logic, though, is that all these purported benefits were seemingly already in place.

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Geier’s assignment to review the purported link was first reported by the Washington Post last week.

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Wilband presented Mr Wheeler with a document, which purported to be a paternity test, declaring he was the father but it contained obvious errors.

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He questioned whether their self-defense claims were valid — their “purported actual fear that their mother and their father were going to kill them the night of the murders.”

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