The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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vb. (present participle of purport English)
Usage examples of "purporting".
While purporting to rail against what may be genuine plans of a New World Order cabal, Koernke slips in just enough ridiculous disinformation to discredit his thesis, and by association, anyone who supports it.
While purporting to be a law-enforcement body independent of the legislative and executive branches, in reality it is little more than a political tool utilized by corrupt leaders to cover up high crimes and intimidate and imprison whistle-blowers.
A nut website purporting to expose “conservative bias” in the media—titled “Liberal Media?
A nut website purporting to expose "conservative bias" in the media—titled "Liberal Media?
In this book is an outline purporting to be a "Picture of a Physeter or Spermaceti whale, drawn by scale from one killed on the coast of Mexico, August, 1793, and hoisted on deck.
Scientists heady with the new feeling of celebrity status took to the laboratories and produced results backing their claims, for example two studies published in 1969 purporting to show that DDT caused cancer in mice.
These letters consisted for the most part of notes, written in pencil on scraps of paper, purporting to have been sent from Mrs.
The value of his statements may be judged by the fact that he called God to witness that he had not written any one of the anonymous letters, purporting to give a true account of the doctor's fate, which had been received by the police at the time of Parkman's disappearance.