Purport definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PUR'PORT, n. 1. Design or tendency; as the purport of Plato's dialogue. 2. Meaning; import; as the purport of a word or phrase. PUR'PORT, v.t. To ... n 1: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit] 2: the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" [syn: drift, purport] v 1: have the often specious appearance of being, intending ... intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English, ...
... is, from the general course of his ideas, or general purport of his speech. Does not the whole tenor of the ... perpetual and always of the same tenor. 3. Sense contained; purport; substance; general course or drift; as close attention to the ... century 1. a. the drift of something spoken or written ; purport b. an exact copy of a writing ; transcript c. the ... peal or set. 3 (usu. foll. by of) the general purport or drift of a document or speech. 4 (usu. foll ... through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding. When it [the bond] is paid according ... in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of ...
... is hard to judge the import of this decision > 2. purport, signification 3. something that is imported 4. importation Oxford Reference ... 1913 Dictionary Import Im*port", v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. ``For that . . . importeth to the work ... 1. Bring into (a country from abroad). 2. Imply, denote, purport, signify, betoken, mean. 3. Concern, be of importance to, be ... to, be of interest to. II. n. 1. Signification, meaning, purport, sense, drift, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention. 2. Imported merchandise ... practical consequence, precedence, preeminence, presume, presumption, presuppose, presupposition, primacy, priority, purport, purpose, range of meaning, real meaning, reception, refer to, reference ...
... make, do — more at do Date: 14th century 1. a. purport, intent b. basic meaning ; essence 2. something that inevitably follows ... her to that effect. --2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. 7. The purport; the sum and substance. ``The effect of his intent.'' --Chaucer ... result, issue, event. 2. Force, validity, weight, power, efficiency. 3. Purport, import, drift, tenor, meaning, general intent. 4. Fact, reality, truth ... proposal, prosecute, prospectus, provoke, puissance, pull, pull off, punch, purchase, purport, purpose, pursuance, push, put away, put in force, put through ...
... tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" [syn: drift, purport] 7: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine ... the government's policies > b. the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written < the drift of a ... pod, point, practical consequence, predilection, pride, progress, progression, propensity, prowl, purport, purpose, pyramid, quarter, race, radial motion, ramble, rambling, random motion ...
... one's position, environment, or situation d. relation, connection; also purport 7. the part of a structural member that rests on ... and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies. --Pope. 4. Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect. 5. The act, power, or time ... procedure, proceeding, proceeds, prod, produce, producing, product, production, propping, punch, purport, push, quarter, radio bearing, railway express, range, range of meaning ...
... a. the thing one intends to convey especially by language ; purport b. the thing that is conveyed especially by language ; import ... design, aim, object. 2. Signification, sense, acceptation, explanation, interpretation, import, purport, significance, force. Moby Thesaurus acceptation, aim, allegory, allusion, ambition, animus ... pointing to, portent, portentousness, presagefulness, presumption, presupposition, project, proposal, prospectus, purport, purpose, reading, resolution, resolve, sake, selection, sense, show, showing, significance ...
... signs or other symbolic means b. a formal notification 2. purport; especially the meaning that a term, symbol, or character regularly ... of English Synonyms n. 1. Expression. 2. Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation. Moby Thesaurus acceptation, affective meaning, allocation, assignment, attribution, bearing ... pith, point, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, practical consequence, precision, purport, range of meaning, real meaning, reference, referent, relation, relevance, scope ...
... PUR'PORTING, ppr. Designing; intending; importing. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Purport Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to ...
... of God" as equivalent to the Gospel; but the essential purport of John's Word is Jesus Himself, His Person. We ... language, give an entirely different value to it. The essential purport of the Johannine Logos is Jesus Christ. The adoption of ...
... gullible tourists to purported ancient sites > Webster's 1913 Dictionary Purport Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.] To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to ...