Definition of purport

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Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

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Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..
Purport :: Purport (n.) Disguise; covering.
Purport :: Purport (n.) To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize..
Effect :: Effect (n.) The purport; the sum and substance.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument..
Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register..
Import :: Import (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
Purporting :: Purporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purpor.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Purported :: Purported (imp. & p. p.) of Purpor.
Holograph :: Holograph (n.) A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be..
Substance :: Substance (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
Purportless :: Purportless (a.) Without purport or meaning.
Purport :: Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
Probate :: Probate (n.) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved..
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond..
Probate :: Probate (v. t.) To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will..
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