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purported


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purported 
  adj  :  commonly  put  forth  or  accepted  as  true  on  inconclusive 
  grounds;  "the  foundling's  putative  father";  "the 
  reputed  (or  purported)  author  of  the  book";  "the 
  supposed  date  of  birth"  [syn:  {putative(a)},  {purported(a)}, 
  {reputed(a)},  {supposed(a)}] 




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