Both Uses of
purport
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- But after a while, I received a reply, which purported to be written by her younger brother.†
Chpt 34 *purported = claimed or assumed
- He had suppressed the letter I wrote to grandmother, and prepared a substitute of his own, the purport of which was as follows:— Dear Grandmother: I have long wanted to write to you; but the disgraceful manner in which I left you and my children made me ashamed to do it.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(purport as in: Her ex-husband purports that...) to claim -- (often said of something that is not easy to believe or is not true)
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(2)
(purport as in: The purport of the letter was...) the general meaning, purpose, intent, or significance of something
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus