Definitions for purported

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purported pur·port·ed

Spelling: [per-pawr-tid, -pohr-]

IPA: /pərˈpɔr tɪd, -ˈpoʊr-/

Purported is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in purported (deopprrtu).

Definitions for purported

noun

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

adjective

1. reputed or claimed; alleged:

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 purported

First recorded in 1890-95; purport + -ed²

Examples for purported

The dollar value of a statistical life in the United States is purported to be around $5 million.

They are also claiming that the purported siblings are not actually related.

But the risks of eating clay outweigh the purported benefits.

It bore the London post-mark, and purported to be from Harriet.

It purported to be given only a few days after the trial had taken place.

One purported ISIS fighter from Canada praised Rouleau and encouraged others to follow suit with violence.

There now took place what purported to be a grand reconciliation.

The note, written in pencil, purported to be from Joseph Jenkins.

No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.

But this present case was, or purported to be, a case of a second recapture.