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Definition of purport verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

purport

 verb
verb
NAmE//pərˈpɔrt//
 
purport to be/have something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they purport
 
he / she / it purports
 
past simple purported
 
-ing form purporting
 
 
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to claim to be something or to have done something, when this may not be true synonym profess The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
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