Pur"port , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Purporting.]
[OF. purporter,
pourporter. See Purport, n.]
To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded
Matter which little
purported.
Rowe.
Pur"port (?), n. [OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]
1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
The whole scope and purport of that dialogue.
Norris.
With a look so piteous in purport
As if he had been loosed out of hell.
Shak. 2. Disguise; covering.
[Obs.]
For she
her sex under that strange purport
Did use to hide.
Spenser.
Hear it pronounced