1. Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
   "The letter purports to express people's opinion"
    
2. Have as a plan or objective
   "They purport to solve the housing crisis";
   - aim, purpose, propose, intend

1. The intended meaning of a communication
   "The purport of the law was to protect consumers, not to burden businesses";
   - intent, spirit
    
2. The pervading meaning or tenor
   "caught the general purport of the conversation";
   - drift

Derived forms: purported, purporting, purports

Type of: claim, import, intend, mean, meaning, significance, signification, strain, tenor, think

Encyclopedia: Purport