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Definition of purportless - 1 dictionary result

pur⋅port

  [v. per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; n. pur-pawrt, -pohrt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
2. to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.
–noun
3. the meaning, import, or sense: the main purport of your letter.
4. purpose; intention; object: the main purport of their visit to France.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late ME purporten < AF purporter to convey, equiv. to pur- pro- 1 + porter to carry (< L portāre); (n.) late ME < AF, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
pur⋅port⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
2. mean, intend, signify. 3. implication, drift, trend, gist. See meaning.
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