Usually means: Claim to be or do.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word purport:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. purport: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. purport: Merriam-Webster
  3. purport: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. purport: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. purport: Collins English Dictionary
  6. purport: Vocabulary.com
  7. Purport, purport: Wordnik
  8. purport: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. purport: Wiktionary
  10. purport: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. purport: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. purport: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Purport, purport: Dictionary.com
  14. purport (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. purport: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Purport: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Purport: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. purport: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. purport: Rhymezone
  20. purport: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. purport: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. purport: FreeDictionary.org
  23. purport: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. purport: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. purport: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purport: Encyclopedia

(Note: See purported as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately). [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
verb:  To intend. [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
noun:  Import, intention or purpose.
noun:  (obsolete) A disguise; a covering.

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