Purportion

//pəˈpɔːʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something purported; a claim. countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "We have seen an article, in several of the papers, purportion to be a letter, written by a distinguished orthodox clergyman in Washington, D. C. stating that the orthodox have resolved to abandon the attempt to stop the first day mails."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of proportion. alt-of, misspelling

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"We have seen an article, in several of the papers, purportion to be a letter, written by a distinguished orthodox clergyman in Washington, D. C. stating that the orthodox have resolved to abandon the attempt to stop the first day mails."

Etymology

Modern suffixation of purport + -ion

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