purport

To purport is to represent yourself as something you aren't or claim to be something you aren't.

(verb)

An example of purport is when you pretend to be an expert in a field even though you barely know anything about it.

See purport in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: Anglo-Fr purporter < OFr porporter < por- (< L pro: see pro), forth + porter, to bear < L portare: see port

noun

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transitive verb pur·port·ed, pur·port·ing, pur·ports

To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; profess: selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic.
To have the intention of doing; purpose.

noun (pûrˈpôrtˌ, -pōrtˌ)

Origin:

Origin: Middle English purporten, to set forth

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman purporter

Origin: : pur-, forth (from Latin prō-; see pro-¹)

Origin: + porter, to carry (from Latin portāre; see per-² in Indo-European roots)

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