Adjective modifier

• general: One can but give the general purport of such information as has been vouchsafed to us.

• same: To the same purport as the preceding, in reference to the lands of Thos.

• true: So that e'en God Must guess from sounds so hoarse Their true purport.

• whole: Its whole purport is to tell us most emphatically that death is not the will of God.

Converse of object

• do: Does this game purport to be social commentary on the current Immigration situation in the USA?

• know: The Town Clerk shall make known the purport of this Standing Order to every candidate.

Infinitive complement

• confer: Second, and more likely, when a term in the contract purports to confer a benefit on the third party.

• represent: Only illusory forms of life falsely purport to represent the community.

• comply: Nor was there confidence that those who were purporting to comply with the voluntary ban were being scrupulous in doing so.

• exclude: In Pegler v Wang ( UK ) the contract had clauses purporting to exclude Wang's liability in various situations.

• act: The latter is a person who claims to act and purports to act as a director, tho not validly appointed as such.

• assign: Assignment The Purchaser shall not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer the Contract or the benefit thereof to any other person.

Modifying Another Word

• not: I do not purport to be any kind of expert on Austin music.

• also: The pills also purport to stimulate the metabolism, breaking down fat.

• n't: It may not be professional journalism, but it does n't purport to be.

• even: It did not even purport to be a notice at all.

• only: On a literal reading of the Act, it only purports to protect a " disabled person " against discrimination.

• now: This is the same coalition of the shilling that now purports to export its sordid distortion of democracy to Baghdad.

Noun used with modifier

• cannot: Here, therefore, deconstruction is not, cannot purport to be, an alternative to Marxism.