For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide.
Spenser.
Pur"port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purported; p. pr. & vb. n. Purporting.]
[OF. purporter, pourporter. See Purport, n.] To intend to show; to
intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause
or infinitive.
They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter which little
purported.
Rowe.
Pur"port*less, a. Without purport or meaning.
Pur"pose (?), n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See
Propound.] 1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to
be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is
directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design;
intention; plan.
He will his firste purpos modify.
Chaucer.
As my eternal purpose hath decreed.
Milton.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it.
Shak.