Purpose vs. Purport
Purposenoun
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. "purpose".
Purposenoun
A result that is desired; an intention.
Purposenoun
The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
Purposenoun
The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
Purposenoun
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
Purposenoun
(obsolete) Instance; example.
Purposeverb
(intransitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
Purposeverb
To design for some purpose.
Purposeverb
To discourse.
Purposenoun
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
Purposenoun
Proposal to another; discourse.
Purposenoun
Instance; example.
Purposeverb
To set forth; to bring forward.
Purposeverb
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; - often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
Purposeverb
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Purposenoun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
Purposenoun
what something is used for;
Purposenoun
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
Purposeverb
propose or intend;
Purposeverb
reach a decision;
Purportverb
To convey, imply, or profess outwardly (often falsely).
Purportverb
(construed with to) To intend.
Purportnoun
import, intention or purpose
Purportnoun
(obsolete) disguise; covering
Purportnoun
Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
Purportnoun
Disguise; covering.
Purportverb
To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; - often with an object clause or infinitive.
Purportnoun
the intended meaning of a communication
Purportnoun
general meaning or tenor;
Purportverb
have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming;
Purportverb
propose or intend;
