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purportion

noun
/pəˈpɔːʃən/UK

Etymology

Modern suffixation of purport + -ion

  1. derived from portō
  2. derived from porter
  3. derived from pro
  4. derived from purporter
  5. inherited from purporten
  6. suffixed as purportion — “purport + ion”

Definitions

  1. Something purported

    Something purported; a claim.

    • We have seen an article, in several of the papers, purportion to be a letter, written by a distinguished orthodox clergyman in Washington, D. C. stating that the orthodox have resolved to abandon the attempt to stop the first day mails.
    • On the 11th of July last the accused presented for payment at the National City Bank a check for $75,000 purportion to have been drawn by Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, and made payable to Henry Keep, President of the New York Central Railroad.

  2. Misspelling of proportion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA