Purported

verb

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.verbTo convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely).

"He purports himself to be an international man of affairs."

2.verb(construed with to) To intend.

"He purported to become an international man of affairs."

3.adjectiveSupposed, or assumed to be.

4.adjectiveNormally assumed to be.

5.adjectiveSaid by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so

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