Definition of Purport

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Definition of Purport
	Purport Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. Disguise; covering. To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive. Related Definitions: An, Clause, Covering, Design, Disguise, Import, Infinitive, Intend, Mean, Meaning, Object, Often, Or, Show, Signify, Tendency, Tenor, To, With

Purport Quotations

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
Angela Carter

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.
Brit Hume

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
William J. Brennan, Jr.

Purport Translations

purport in German is behaupten
purport in Spanish is significado
purport in Swedish is mening

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