verb
- to claim or appear to be something, often falsely
noun
- the meaning or main point of something
Examples
- The document purports to be an official government report.
- She purports to be an expert in the field.
- The letter purported to come from the bank.
- I understood the general purport of his speech.
- The purport of the message was clear to everyone.
- The article purports to reveal new evidence.
- What is the purport of this strange conversation?