Definitions for purport

purport pur·port

Spelling: [verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt;
IPA: /verb pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt; noun ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt/

Purport is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in purport (opprrtu).

Definitions for purport

noun

  1. the meaning, import, or sense:
  2. purpose; intention; object:

verb (used with object)

  1. to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:
  2. to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.

Origin of purport

1375-1425; (v.) late Middle English purporten Anglo-French purporter to convey, equivalent to pur- pro-1 + porter to carry (Latin portāre); (noun) late Midd

Examples for purport

Liberals, conservatives say, purport to care about the poor.

At first she did not understand the purport of his question.

Ukrainian government intercepts also purport to reveal Ukrainian separatists acknowledging they controlled SA-11 systems.

There are photos on the Internet that purport to show you as a teenager, and you look a lot different from the way you do today.

I wish you would consent to give me their purport by word of mouth.'

In other words, this is a novel and does not purport to solve any of the myriad mysteries surrounding the killing of JFK.

And too often that means finding the long-term cultural trends that purport to explain why people do what they do.

What was the purport of their conversation no one ever knew.

The purport of such works is the conversion of pig-lead into white-lead.

Hugh Ritson made an effort to gather the purport of Gubblum's message.

Word Value for purport
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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