Usually means: Claimed to be, not proven.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word purported:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. purported: Merriam-Webster
  2. purported: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. purported: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purported: Vocabulary.com
  5. Purported, purported: Wordnik
  6. purported: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. purported: Wiktionary
  8. purported: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Purported, purported: Dictionary.com
  10. purported: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Purported: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Purported: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. Purported: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. purported: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. purported: FreeDictionary.org
  16. purported: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purported: Legal dictionary

(Note: See purport as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Supposed, or assumed to be.
adjective:  Normally assumed to be.
adjective:  Said or claimed by some individuals to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be the case.

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