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[ per-pawr-tid ] / pərˈpɔr tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR purported ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivereputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth. Origin of purportedFirst recorded in 1890–95; purport + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM purportedpur·port·ed·ly, adverbun·pur·port·ed, adjectiveWords nearby purportedpurple sandpiper, purple shore crab, purple trillium, purplish, purport, purported, purportedly, purpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposeless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for purportedThe dollar value of a statistical life in the United States is purported to be around $5 million. The Only Way to End Police Violence|Michael Tomasky|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST They are also claiming that the purported siblings are not actually related. Couple Sues Over Russian ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Adoption of Disabled Kids|Tina Traster|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST One purported ISIS fighter from Canada praised Rouleau and encouraged others to follow suit with violence. Terrorist Ends Canada’s Innocence|Tim Mak|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism. Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the risks of eating clay outweigh the purported benefits. You Probably Shouldn’t Try to Lose 20 Pounds by Eating Clay|Kent Sepkowitz|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST What sane man, reading 'The Faerie Queene,' could think that it purported to depict actual scenes or incidents? The Book-Hunter at Home|P. B. M. Allan Monstrous as was the plot which it purported to disclose, she could not disbelieve it when ascribed to the two men in question. He spoke of it to Dr. Hedstone; and what purported to be "a copy," in the old Judge's hand-writing, was found. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Many of what purported to be affidavits of men discharged from employment for voting were printed for the use of Congress. Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming The second purported to be a report of similar conversations in 1912 between the same officials. The Evidence in the Case|James M. Beck
British Dictionary definitions for purported
adjectivealleged; supposed; rumoureda purported two million dollar deal Derived forms of purportedpurportedly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to purportedimply, pretend, profess, claim, signify, allege, express, betoken, denote, indicate, maintain, convey, suggest, import, proclaim, intend, declare |