All 3 Uses of
purport
in
Bleak House
- And he put one hand in his breast and stood upright in a martial attitude as I informed little Miss Flite, in her ear, of the purport of his kind errand.†
Chpt 22-24
- But I am anticipating now the purport of our conversation on the ride home instead of first marrying Caddy.†
Chpt 28-30
- I had thought beforehand that I knew its purport, and I did.†
Chpt 43-45 *
Definition:
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(purport as in: Her ex-husband purports that...) to claim -- (often said of something that is not easy to believe or is not true)