verb, noun
verb [Vtoinf] (formal) to claim to be sth or to have done sth, when this may not be true:
The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
noun [sing.] the ~ of sth (formal) the general meaning of sth:
The purport of his remarks was all too clear.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for purport is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does purport appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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