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purportedverbpast tense of purport to have in mind as a purpose or goaldo you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday? aimed, allowed(chiefly Southern & Midland), aspired, calculated, contemplated, designed, intended, looked, meant, meditated, planned, proposed, purposed, went(chiefly Southern & Midland) dreamed(or dreamt), hoped, wishedconsidered, debated, mulled (over), ponderedattempted, endeavored, strove(also strived), struggled, triedplotted, schemedaccomplished, achieved, effected, executed, performed figured on to state as a fact usually forcefullyhe purports to be an expert in criminalistics affirmed, alleged, asserted, averred, avouched, avowed, claimed, contended, declared, insisted, maintained, professed, protested, warranted announced, broadcast(also broadcasted), proclaimedargued, rationalized, reasonedconfirmed, justified, vindicateddefended, persevered, supported, upheldreaffirmed, reasserted put forth denied, gainsaid abandoneddisavowed, disclaimed, disowned, negated, negatived, rejected, repudiatedchallenged, disputed, questionedconfuted, disproved, rebutted, refutedcontradicted, countered in 1836 |