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Purport \Pur"port\, n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro)
porter to bear, carry. See {Port} demeanor.]
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1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
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The whole scope and purport of that dialogue.
Norris.
With a look so piteous in purport
As if he had been loosed out of hell. -- Shak.
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2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]
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For she her sex under that strange purport
Did use to hide. --Spenser.
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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.
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They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded
Matter which little purported. --Rowe.
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