Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to purport
Participle: purported
Gerund: purporting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | purport |
| you | purport |
| he;she;it | purports |
| we | purport |
| you | purport |
| they | purport |
Perfect
| I | have purported |
| you | have purported |
| he;she;it | has purported |
| we | have purported |
| you | have purported |
| they | have purported |
Past
| I | purported |
| you | purported |
| he;she;it | purported |
| we | purported |
| you | purported |
| they | purported |
Pluperfect
| I | had purported |
| you | had purported |
| he;she;it | had purported |
| we | had purported |
| you | had purported |
| they | had purported |
Future
| I | will purport |
| you | will purport |
| he;she;it | will purport |
| we | will purport |
| you | will purport |
| they | will purport |
Future Perfect
| I | will have purported |
| you | will have purported |
| he;she;it | will have purported |
| we | will have purported |
| you | will have purported |
| they | will have purported |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | purport |
| you | purport |
| he;she;it | purport |
| we | purport |
| you | purport |
| they | purport |
Perfect
| I | have purported |
| you | have purported |
| he;she;it | have purported |
| we | have purported |
| you | have purported |
| they | have purported |
Imperfect
| I | purported |
| you | purported |
| he;she;it | purported |
| we | purported |
| you | purported |
| they | purported |
Pluperfect
| I | had purported |
| you | had purported |
| he;she;it | had purported |
| we | had purported |
| you | had purported |
| they | had purported |
Conditional
Present
| I | would purport |
| you | would purport |
| he;she;it | would purport |
| we | would purport |
| you | would purport |
| they | would purport |
Perfect
| I | would have purported |
| you | would have purported |
| he;she;it | would have purported |
| we | would have purported |
| you | would have purported |
| they | would have purported |
Imperative
| you | purport |
| we | Let's purport |
| you | purport |
Verbs conjugated like 'purport'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'purport'
purpose,
support,
apport,
asport,
colport,
comport,
cursor,
deport,
desport,
disport,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1422, from Anglo-Fr.
purport (1278), from
purporter "to contain," from
pur- (from L.
pro- "forth") + O.Fr.
porter "to carry," from L.
portare "to carry" (see port (1)). The verb is attested from 1528.
Purportedly "allegedly" first recorded 1949.
2. From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”). See: Anglo-Norman '
purporter', Old French '
porporter', Latin '
pro', Old French '
porter', Latin '
portō'.
Sample Sentences
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He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
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The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve. [1962 August, “More W.R. services in jeopardy”, in Modern Railways, page 82, photo caption:]
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He purported to become an international man of affairs.
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In all cases, however, although micronations may purport to assert sovereignty in any number of ways, they remain conceptually distinct from recognised sovereign states. [2022, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Prince Leonard Prepares for War” (chapter 1), in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 18:]