Both Uses of
purport
in
Looking for Alaska
- WE ALL WENT HOME for Christmas break—even purportedly homeless Alaska.†
p. 96..4
- The dusty wooden floor creaked as I made my way to the counter, and I saw a large barrel filled with brackish water that purported to contain LIVE BAIT, but in fact contained a veritable school of dead, floating minnows.†
p. 190..5 *
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)