Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Assumed to be such; supposed.

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  • adjective Supposed, or assumed to be.
  • adjective Normally assumed to be.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of purport.

Etymologies

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purport +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The country McCain purported to put first has a more difficult path due to his ambition.

    McCain’s Concession - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • 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

  • 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.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • 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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