Usually means: Claim to be or do.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word purport:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. purport: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. purport: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purport: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. purport: Collins English Dictionary
  5. purport: Vocabulary.com
  6. Purport, purport: Wordnik
  7. purport: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. purport: Wiktionary
  9. purport: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. purport: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. purport: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Purport, purport: Dictionary.com
  13. purport (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. purport: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Purport: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Purport: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. purport: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. purport: Rhymezone
  19. purport: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. purport: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. purport: Free Dictionary
  22. purport: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. purport: Dictionary/thesaurus

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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