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- adjectivepurported (adjective)
- appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged:"the purported marriage was void"
verbpurported (past tense) · purported (past participle)- appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess:"she is not the person she purports to be"Similar:lay claimset oneself up (as)allege/maintain/assert/proclaim/imply that one isbe apparentlybe ostensiblypose aspass oneself off asbe disguised asmasquerade asfeign the identity ofrepresent oneself as
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘express, signify’): from Old French purporter, from medieval Latin proportare, from Latin pro- ‘forth’ + portare ‘carry, bear’. The sense ‘appear to be’ dates from the late 18th century. Purported Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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