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Definition of Purports
Purport Purport Pur"port, n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) +
porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]
1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
The whole scope and purport of that dialogue.
Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he
had been loosed out of hell. -- Shak.
2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]
For she her sex under that strange purport Did use
to hide. --Spenser.
Purport Purport Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. &
vb. n. Purporting.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See
Purport, n.]
To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import;
-- often with an object clause or infinitive.
They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter
which little purported. --Rowe.
