Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Report \Re*port"\ (r?-p?rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reported}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry
   (cf. rapporter; see {Rapport}), L. reportare to bear or bring
   back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See {Port}
   bearing, demeanor.]
   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.

   2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to
      relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to
      examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports
      to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the
      committee reported progress.

            There is no man that may reporten all. --Chaucer.

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

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

   4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a
      treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

   5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] ``A
      church with windows only from above, that reporteth the
      voice thirteen times.'' --Bacon.

   6. (Parliamentary Practice) To return or present as the
      result of an examination or consideration of any matter
      officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill
      witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the
      results of an inquiry.

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

   8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper;
      as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

   9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an
      unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his
      employer.

   {To be reported}, or {To be reported of}, to be spoken of; to
      be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. --Acts
      xvi. 2.

   {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.

   Syn: To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.