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Purport

//pɚˈpɔɹt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Import, intention or purpose.

    "My practice, you say, refutes my doubts. But you mistake the purport of my question."

  2. 2
    the pervading meaning or tenor wordnet
  3. 3
    A disguise; a covering. obsolete

    "For she her sex under that strange purport / Did use to hide."

  4. 4
    the intended meaning of a communication wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).

    "He purports himself to be an international man of affairs."

  2. 2
    propose or intend wordnet
  3. 3
    To intend.

    "He purported to become an international man of affairs."

  4. 4
    have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).

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