Purport

n. [O. Fr. purport, from pur, pour, for, and porter, to bear, carry.] 1. Design or tendency; meaning; import. “The whole scope and purport of that dialogue.” Norris. With a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, he comes before me. Shak. 2. Disguise; covering. [Obs.] For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.