| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. | |
| 2. | Disguise; covering. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; - often with an object clause or infinitive. |
| Noun | 1. | purport - the intended meaning of a communication |
| 2. | purport - general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the conversation" Synonyms: drift | |
| Verb | 1. | purport - have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion" |
| 2. | purport - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" |
PURPORT, pleading. This word means the substance of a writing, as it appears on the face of it, to the eye that reads it; it differs from tenor. (q.v.), 2 Russ. on Cr. 365; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 235; 1 East, R. 179, and the cases in the notes.
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