tr.v., -port·ed, -port·ing, -ports.

1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; profess: selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic.
2. To have the intention of doing; purpose.

n. (pûr'pôrt', -pōrt')

1. Meaning presented, intended, or implied; import. See synonyms at substance.
2. Intention; purpose.

[Middle English purporten, to set forth, from Anglo-Norman purporter : pur-, forth (from Latin prō-; see pro–¹) + porter, to carry (from Latin portāre).]

noun

1. That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, sense, significance, significancy, signification, value. See meaning.
2. The gist of a specific action or situation: idea, import, meaning, point, significance, significancy. See meaning.
3. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement: amount, burden², drift, import, substance, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See meaning.
4. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden², drift, intent, meaning, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To convey, imply, or profess; to have an appearance or effect.

The purport of an instrument generally refers to its facial appearance or import, as distinguished from the tenor of an instrument, which means an exact copy or duplicate.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the intended meaning of a communication
  Synonyms: intent, spirit

Meaning #2: general meaning or tenor
  Synonym: drift

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The verb purport has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

Meaning #2: propose or intend
  Synonyms: aim, purpose, propose

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - give sig ud for, hævdes
n. - betydning, indhold

Nederlands (Dutch)
beweren, betekenis, teneur

Français (French)
v. tr. - prétendre (faire, être)
n. - sens

Deutsch (German)
n. - Inhalt
v. - angeblich sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έννοια, νόημα, σημασία
v. - εννοώ, σημαίνω, εμφανίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
valore, importanza, tenore, senso, significato, intenzione, proposito, scopo, significare, dichiarare, voler dire, dare ad intendere, dare l'impressione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - significado (m)
v. - significar, passar por

Русский (Russian)
смысл, суть, подразумевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pretender, significar, implicar
n. - significado, sentido, tenor, intención

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - innebörd, innehåll, andemening
v. - påstå sig, avse, innebära

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
意味着, 声称, 做为...要旨, 意义, 大要, 要旨

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 意味著, 聲稱, 做為...要旨
n. - 意義, 大要, 要旨

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 취지로 하다
n. - 의미, 취지, 요지

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 意味する, 称する, 主張する
n. - 意味

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مغزى, خلاصه القول, فحوى (فعل) أفاد, فهم منه, زعم, أدعى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצהיר, כיוון (כנראה) ל-, טען ל-‬
n. - ‮רוח הדברים - של מסמך או הצהרה, כוונה, המשמעות הגלויה לעין של משהו‬

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