PURPORT

purport. Purport, n. a design, meaning, tendency

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Pur″port (?), n. [[OF. purport; pur, pour, for (L. pro) + porter to bear, carry. See Port demeanor.]] 1. 1. Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.
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. Shak. 2. 2. Disguise; covering.
For she her sex under that strange purport Did use to hide. Spenser.