2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.] For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.
PURPORT
Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.]
Etym: [OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.]
Defn: To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; - - often with an object clause or infinitive. They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little purported. Rowe.
PURPORTLESS
Pur"port*less, a.
Defn: Without purport or meaning.
PURPOSE
Pur"pose, n. Etym: [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See
Propound.]
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. As my eternal purpose hath decreed. Milton. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. Shak.
2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Instance; example. [Obs.] L'Estrange. In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
Syn.
— design; end; intention; aim. See Design.