Meaning

noun the intended meaning of a communication

noun the pervading meaning or tenor

verb have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

originFrom Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).

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