Purport synonyms

pər-pôrt'

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import
(Uncountable) Significance, importance.
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intent
An act or instance of intending
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claim to be
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meaning (related)
The definition of meaning is what is intended to be, referred to or understood.
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indicate
To show the need for; call for; make necessary
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mean (related)
To intend to express, signify, or indicate
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core
To remove a cylindrical sample from (a glacier or soil layer, for example).
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drift
To move easily or gradually away from a set position
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gist
To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
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intention
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maintain
Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide.
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object
Addison
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point
To direct or aim:
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profess
To make a claim (to be something), to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]
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purpose
Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
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rationale
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sense
The definition of sense is to perceive, or be aware of something.
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substance
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tenor
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thrust
To push or shove against something
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acceptation
1769, Oxford Standard text, King James Bible: 1 Timothy, i, 15,
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denotation
The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
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message
The definition of a message is a short communication sent from one person to another or the central theme or idea of a communication.
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signification
The act of signifying; indication
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value
Value is the worth in goods, services or money of an object or person.
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idea
In the philosophy of Kant, a concept of reason that is transcendent but nonempirical.
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amount
Quantity:
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burden
(Metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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aim
The degree of accuracy of a weapon or of a person aiming a weapon or propelled object:
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tendency
A characteristic likelihood:
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sum and substance
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sum total
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spirit
An inclination or tendency of a specified kind:
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propose
To intend.
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purported (related)
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intend (related)
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obligate (related)
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imply
Imply is defined as to suggest or express something indirectly or to involve something naturally.
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Purport Sentence Examples

  • But the trend of recent policy and purport of much recent legislation are against this view.

  • The use for which the pot was intended and the purport of the inscription have been much disputed, there being at least as many interpretations as there are words in the inscription.

  • Wilson remarks," notwithstanding the acknowledged purport of this worship, it is but justice to state that it is unattended in Upper India by any indecent or indelicate ceremonies, and it requires a rather lively imagination to trace any resemblance in its symbols to the objects they are supposed to represent."In spite, however, of its wide diffusion, and the vast number of shrines dedicated to it, the worship of Siva has never assumed a really popular character, especially in northern India, being attended with scarcely any solemnity or display of emotional spirit.

  • It was their traditions as to the purport of that teaching which he was concerned to preserve.

  • The purport of these resolutions was to deny to Congress the power to prohibit slavery in the territories and to declare all previous enactments to this effect unconstitutional.

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