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purport

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Definition:
1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.]

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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You can hardly doubt the purport of my discourse, however your natural delicacy may lead you to dissemble;

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Countess Lidia Ivanovna described the purport of his letter.

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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I lost no time in seeking the old servant; who, having gathered by degrees the purport of my hasty tale, hurried below, gasping, as he descended the steps two at once.

Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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  Ungart'red, and down-gyved to his ankle;
  Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other,
  And with a look so piteous in purport
  As if he had been loosed out of hell

WIlliam Shakespeare. Hamlet
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