purport

Meaning

Verb

1. To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
2. To intend.

Noun

1. Import, intention or purpose.
2. (obsolete) A disguise; a covering.

Synonyms

meaning

purpose

gist

aim

significance

mean

import

intent

drift

intention

feign

essence

signify

pretend

intend

imply

tenor

effect

claim

sense

denote

maintain

allege

assert

bearing

contend

intension

magnitude

make out

object

objective

propose

purview

represent

sake

🍶

scope

spirit

stand for

substance

drive at

design

comprehend

intendment

come

charge

significancy

cause

symbolize

mark

matter

Translations

significado

significato

significado

sentido

mana

behaupten

senso

van plan zijn

significare

voorgeven

prétendre

signification

Sinn

beweren

sens

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈpɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: purporten

Cognate with Old French: porporter

In summary

From 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”).