Talk:purport

1. sense 2. intent

1. sense: the meaning or significance of something
The purport of the remarks was difficult to discern.
2. intent: intention or purpose of something
The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that he would soon be leaving the country. Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Quotations

Quotations from Wikisource:

Verb:

• We must say that petitioner's 'jam' purports to be 'jam' when we read § 403(g) and purports to be not 'jam' but another food when we read § 403(c).
• American agents acting abroad generally do not purport to exercise sovereign authority over the foreign nationals with whom they come in contact.
• According to the criticism we are considering this phrase has no meaning, because if the stones spoken of are diamonds they cannot be false, and if they are false they cannot be diamonds. But any one understands the meaning to be false stones which purport to be diamonds, or false similitude of diamonds.

Noun:

• Any person who, with fraudulent intent, shall insert or impress any notice of copyright required by this title, or words of the same purport, in or upon any uncopyrighted article or with fraudulent intent shall [...]
• As the purport of this chapter is to determine the essential or characteristic properties of the Vital Principle in order to attain to a solid definition, [...]
• I can't give you the exact words, but I can say that was the purport of them.
• The purport of our decision was to preserve to the Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Company the use of the surplus waters created by the dam and canal.
• This is the purport of what the Scripture says: “If thou wilt, thou shalt keep the commandments;”
• And then, I begged to know the purport of her visit.
• I should not have understood the purport of this book, had not Felix, in reading it, given very minute explanations.

Dan Polansky (talk) 07:49, 23 August 2022 (UTC)