Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Assumed to be such; supposed.
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- adjective
Supposed , orassumed to be. - adjective Normally
assumed to be. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
purport .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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Fisher describes the union's offer as a bailout to cover what he labelled "purported losses" by the league that have "never been proven."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RICHARD SANDOMIR 2011
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The country McCain purported to put first has a more difficult path due to his ambition.
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Indian head $2.50, $5.00 and $10 denominations and, of course, the coins purported to have been fished up from the Gulf of Mexico.
NCS Conserves Coins Recovered from the Steamship New York : Coin Collecting News 2009
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Prosecutors in Honduras say a decomposed, bullet-riddled body found near the border with Nicaragua has been identified as the purported leader of a shadowy Nicaraguan resistance group.
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Fact is, Solenska is very flirtatious with her students ( "the handsome Antoine," she calls her purported young beau).
Culture Guide Justin Stewart 2010
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