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Word entry · 7 letters

purport

Best crossword clue

"Claim to mean"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /pəˈpɔːt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted opprrtuStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2U3R4P5O6R7T

Definitions

  1. To claim, appear, or be intended to mean something.

Word origin

From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).

Used in a sentence

  • He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
  • The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.
  • He purported to become an international man of affairs.

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