Purport
Pronunciation : Pur"port
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]
Definition : 1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. 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.
2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.] For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pur"port
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913