Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Purporting"
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.
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