"purportion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈpɔːʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], [pəˈpɔːʃən] [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: purportions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən Etymology: Modern suffixation of purport + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purport|ion}} purport + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} purportion (countable and uncountable, plural purportions)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) Something purported; a claim. Tags: countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-purportion-en-noun-uIe5pboK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: purportions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} purportion (plural purportions)
  1. Misspelling of proportion. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: proportion
    Sense id: en-purportion-en-noun-xzYzBGho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1831 February 18, Christian Intelligencer and Eastern Chronicle, volume XI, number 7, Gardiner, Maine, →OCLC, page 1, column 5",
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          "ref": "1867 October 31, “The Vanderbilt Forgery.”, in The Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle, volume 18, number 121, Victoria, BC, →OCLC, page 3, column 3",
          "text": "On the 11th of July last the accused presented for payment at the National City Bank a check for $75,000 purportion to have been drawn by Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, and made payable to Henry Keep, President of the New York Central Railroad.",
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          "text": "I suggest also that Tim Giago be contacted re his purportion that Dick Wilson and his GOONS were in the right on Pine Ridge. Anyone who says such needs to be knocked around a bit (figuratively). […] Am hoping that someone will provide an email address for them so that we can go in directly an solicit some sorta response to the ad's purportions.",
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          "ref": "2004 April 13, Lena, “Piotr Anderszewski”, in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet)",
          "text": "> Leather pants, when combined with the (purported) Parisian\n> determination to preserve water while supporting the French fragrance\n> industry,\nI see your point about fragrances, but I think that this particular\npurportion is pretty out of date... If it was ever a scientifically\nverifiable purportion. :)",
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          "ref": "2004 September 27, little_people, “The Truth About France”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)",
          "text": "It represents a phenomena that crops up within USS Liberty conspiracies again and again. Testimony regarding the supposed words of people who are no longer alive. Purportions of that which is contained within documents that no longer exist. This is the stuff to which we are supposed to defer over the sworn statements of those who personally witnessed the actions of the Israelis.",
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