Report | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Re-pōrt', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPORTED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPORTING.] [Fr. rapporter, reporter, It. riportare, rapportare, Pr., Sp., & Pg. reportar, Lat. reportare, to bear or bring back, from re, again, back, and portare, to bear.]

Sense 1. To refer. [Obs.]

Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description. Fuller.

Sense 2. To bear or bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate what one has discovered, as a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported the whole number of votes.

Sense 3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as in the common phrase, it is reported.

It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. Neh. vi. 6.

Sense 4. To return, as sound; to echo back. [Obs. or rare.] “A church with windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times.” Bacon.

Sense 5. To bring back a statement or recommendation of; to give a formal or official account of; as, to report a bill in Congress; to report a decision at law.

Sense 6. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from or after the lips of a speaker.

To be reported, or, usually, to be reported of, to be well or ill spoken of; to be mentioned with respect or reproach. — To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Synonyms— To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe; detail.

Re-pōrt', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To make a return or statement that is expected or desired; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

To furnish in writing an account of a speech, or the proceedings of a public assembly.
To betake one's self as to a superior officer, or one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; as, the officer reported to the general.

Re-pōrt', n.

noun

n. [Fr. rapport, Sp. reporte, It. rapporto. See supra.]

Sense 1. That which is reported; as, (a.) An account received; a statement or relation of facts given in reply to inquiries; story; relation. “From Thetis sent as spies to make report.” Waller.

It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 1 Kings x. 6.

(b.) Rumor; fame; repute; reputation.

Cornelius, the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nations of the Jews. Acts x. 22.

(c.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d.) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads of departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like. (e.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, &c. The books containing such statements are also called reports. (f.) A sketch, or fully written account, of a speech, or a public meeting; as, a verbatim or short-hand report.

Sense 2. Relation; connection; reference. [Obs.] “The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to.” Evelyn.

Synonyms— Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.