purport
21purport — v. & n. v.tr. 1 profess; be intended to seem (purports to be the royal seal). 2 (often foll. by that + clause) (of a document or speech) have as its meaning; state. n. 1 the ostensible meaning of something. 2 the sense or tenor (of a document or… …
22purport — Synonyms and related words: academic, acceptation, affective meaning, aim, aim at, allege, aspire after, aspire to, avow, be after, bearing, burden, claim, coloring, connotation, consequence, core, denotation, design, desire, destine, determine,… …
23purport — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. meaning, significance, import, sense. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. import, significance, intent; see meaning . v. Syn. indicate, imply, claim to be; see mean 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. mean,… …
24purport — [[t]pə(r)pɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] purports, purporting, purported VERB If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim. [FORMAL] [V …
25purport — pur·port || pÉœrpÉ™t / pÉœË n. intention, purpose; meaning, significance v. intend, plan; claim, profess; claim falsely, pretend …
26purport — verb pə pɔ:t appear or claim to be or do, especially falsely. noun pə:pɔ:t 1》 the meaning or substance of a document or speech. 2》 the purpose of a person or thing. Derivatives purported adjective purportedly adverb Origin ME (in the sense… …
27purport — I. n. Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, current, tenor, bearing, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit. II. v. a. Intend, mean, signify, import, show, design …
28purport — v 1. claim, profess, contend, maintain, hold, allege; assert, aver, asseverate; declare, announce, proclaim; pretend, pretext, feign, put up a false front. 2. imply, implicate, insinuate, infer, intimate, suggest, hint at, import, involve, allude …
29purport — pur·port …
30purport — [pəˈpɔːt] verb [I] formal to claim to do something …
