Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purport \Pur"port\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purported}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Purporting}.] [OF. purporter, pourporter. See
   {Purport}, n.]
   To intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import;
   -- often with an object clause or infinitive.

         They in most grave and solemn wise unfolded Matter
         which little purported.                  --Rowe.

Source : WordNet®

purported
     adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
           grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the
           reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the
           supposed date of birth" [syn: {putative(a)}, {purported(a)},
            {reputed(a)}, {supposed(a)}]