2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Report  \Re*port"\  (r?-p?rt"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Reported};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  Reporting.]  [F.  reporter  to  carry  back  carry 
  (cf.  rapporter;  see  {Rapport}),  L.  reportare  to  bear  or  bring 
  back  pref.  re-  re-  +  portare  to  bear  or  bring  See  {Port} 
  bearing,  demeanor.] 
  1.  To  refer.  [Obs.] 
 
  Baldwin,  his  son,  .  .  .  succeeded  his  father;  so 
  like  unto  him  that  we  report  the  reader  to  the 
  character  of  King  Almeric,  and  will  spare  the 
  repeating  his  description.  --Fuller. 
 
  2.  To  bring  back  as  an  answer;  to  announce  in  return;  to 
  relate,  as  what  has  been  discovered  by  a  person  sent  to 
  examine,  explore,  or  investigate;  as  a  messenger  reports 
  to  his  employer  what  he  has  seen  or  ascertained;  the 
  committee  reported  progress. 
 
  There  is  no  man  that  may  reporten  all  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  To  give  an  account  of  to  relate;  to  tell  to  circulate 
  publicly,  as  a  story;  as  in  the  common  phrase,  it  is 
  reported.  --Shak. 
 
  It  is  reported  among  the  heathen,  and  Gashmu  saith 
  it  that  thou  and  the  Jews  think  to  rebel.  --Neh. 
  vi  6. 
 
  4.  To  give  an  official  account  or  statement  of  as  a 
  treasurer  reports  the  receipts  and  expenditures. 
 
  5.  To  return  or  repeat,  as  sound;  to  echo.  [Obs.  or  R.]  ``A 
  church  with  windows  only  from  above,  that  reporteth  the 
  voice  thirteen  times.''  --Bacon. 
 
  6.  (Parliamentary  Practice)  To  return  or  present  as  the 
  result  of  an  examination  or  consideration  of  any  matter 
  officially  referred;  as  the  committee  reported  the  bill 
  witth  amendments,  or  reported  a  new  bill,  or  reported  the 
  results  of  an  inquiry. 
 
  7.  To  make  minutes  of  as  a  speech,  or  the  doings  of  a  public 
  body;  to  write  down  from  the  lips  of  a  speaker. 
 
  8.  To  write  an  account  of  for  publication,  as  in  a  newspaper; 
  as  to  report  a  public  celebration  or  a  horse  race. 
 
  9.  To  make  a  statement  of  the  conduct  of  especially  in  an 
  unfavorable  sense  as  to  report  a  servant  to  his 
  employer. 
 
  {To  be  reported},  or  {To  be  reported  of},  to  be  spoken  of  to 
  be  mentioned,  whether  favorably  or  unfavorably.  --Acts 
  xvi.  2. 
 
  {To  report  one's  self},  to  betake  one's  self  as  to  a 
  superior  or  one  to  whom  service  is  due,  and  be  in 
  readiness  to  receive  orders  or  do  service. 
 
  Syn:  To  relate;  narrate;  tell  recite;  describe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reported 
  adj  :  made  known  or  told  about  especially  presented  in  a  formal 
  account;  "his  reported  opinion";  "the  reported 
  findings"  [ant:  {unreported}] 

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