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purport

/ˈpɜːˌpɔːt/PUR-pawrt
/ˈpɝˌpɔɹt/PUR-pawrt

Meaningaccording to

Common meaning: to claim

Journey through time

  1. Latinpro‘according to’source
  2. Old Frenchpurportersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsaccording to → to claimpurport‘to claim’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pro ‘according to’.

Roots

  • pro Latin “according to”

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