purport (c.1260)

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purport (c.1260)

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[ FEW: 9,217b portare; Gdf: 6,302b porport; GdfC: ; TL: 7,1542 porport; DEAF:  porter (porport); DMF:  pourport; TLF: ; OED:  purport n.; MED:  purport(e n.; DMLBS: 2518b proportum ]
porport,  pourport,  proport,  purporte,  purpourt,  purpot  iii 19 purpart  241  

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1purport, significance, meaning, that which is conveyed in a document
( c.1260; MS: c.1275 )  solum le purport de nostre escrit  112
( 1377 )  le Pape doune benefices encontre la purport de la tretee susdit  iii 19
( 1392-93 )  salonc la pourport de ceste peticion  69
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  faire execucion du dit brief selonc le purport d’icel  2.iii.10
purporter 
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