purport

To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess.

Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import. synonym: substance.

Intention; purpose.

To convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; imply; mean, or seem to mean: as, the document purported to be official.

Meaning; tenor; import; nature: as, the purport of a letter.

Pretext; disguise; covering.

Synonyms Gist, drift, sense, signification.

Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

Disguise; covering.

To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; — often with an object clause or infinitive.