Bible Dictionaries
Purport

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; - often with an object clause or infinitive.

(2):

(n.) Disguise; covering.

(3):

(n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purport'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/purport.html. 1828.