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Definition of purport verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

purport

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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