Purported means that someone has acted to be someone they are not. A good sentence would be, she purported to know a lot about math.

The purported benefits of the new diet fad have not been scientifically proven.

Reported, purported, claimed.

The answer can be found under the same question " Is Obama's Purported Long Form Birth Certificate a Fraud?" with capitals except in the word "a".

Yes! Black Brown and Grizzly bears, also known as purported to be phallic, are indeed fertilizes of Mother Earth, as Art History and Science show us.

He purported to blame them, which amounts to about the same thing.

Faith, Hope and Charity were the purported children of Sophia.

They were purported to exist around 1,000 B.C.

She is purported to have died of a broken heart.

It is French for "The Shroud of Turin" - the purported burial shroud of Christ.

The first such crayons are purported to have consisted of a mixture of charcoal and oil.

The purported veil of Veronica is preserved in St. Peter's Basilica.

It is purported to have many health effects. Most stem from an anti0inflammatory action.

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Self-purported means that something is claimed or declared to be true by an individual or entity itself, without any external verification or confirmation. It indicates that the assertion comes directly from the source itself without independent validation.

2/3rds of the U.S. GDP is purported to be from retail sales.

I think you are thinking of "pole." He is purported to live at the North Pole.

Perhaps you mean Illuminati? It is a secret society that is purported to run the world in the top levels of governments.

It's time to move on, now.

The sole purported video of Bigfoot is the Patterson-Gimlin film shot in October 1967 and is available on YouTube. In 2002 Morris Costumes put forth a purported Bigfoot video which was later admitted to be a hoax to promote the company.

Archimedes is purported to have used loadstones to remove nails from enemy ships thus sinking them.

(1) An oath. (2) A statement purported to be truthful, either verbal or written.

It is neither Practical nor Practicable.

It refers to lawful birth. The assurance the child is who she is purported to be, and also the establishment of maternity and paternity.

Julia Bond's real name is purported to be Teresa Espinosa.

Dan Gordon, of Gordon Biersch brewery is purported to have invented Garlic fries while studying in Germany.

It means to claim something as being fact when it often times is not. Such as-->He is purported to be a doctor, but he never attended school.

It's purported to perhaps be cleansing to some organs, or so some articles have hinted at.

Purported to be the first Bush Ranger of African descent.

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The cavalry bugle purported to be from the US Civil War was fake.

Balthazar, one of the three wise men, was declared a saint by the early Church. He was never formally canonized. His purported relics are held in the cathedral in Cologne, Germany.

Nathan Hale, in 1776, before being executed by the British at the age of 21 is purported to have said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

You should phone a psychiatrist. You are sick.

It is purported to taste like like pork; others say goat.

He is a patron saint of Venice and his purported relics are buried in the basilica that is named for him in that city. Other than that, he has no connection with Venice.

The United States is purported to have more attorneys than the rest of the world combined. Draw your own conclusion.

The last fireballs were seen in Austin, Texas on February 15th 2009. They were purported to be debris from a satellite breaking up in space.

St. George was a real person and a martyr of the early Church. However, some of the things he is purported to have done, such as slaying a dragon, are legends.

The final book, called A Memory of Light, is purported to be due in March 2012.

The first person who mixed soap, water, and an tool that allowed for an unknown individual to create the first purported soap bubble.

Socrates was not purported to have any special powers in the traditional sense. He was known for his intellect, questioning method, and philosophical teachings in ancient Greece.

A naturally occurring spring that produces water containing minerals, or other dissolved substances, that alter its taste or give it a purported therapeutic value.

An "allegation" is an unproven statement that is purported to be true. Therefore, an "alleged" illegal assembly is one that someone has referred to and described as being illegal.

There is no information on this issue in the news or in any reliable blog. His purported use of HGH is pure speculation only, at this point.

The bill is purported to force private individuals to purchase a service from another private concern, which is, to an extent, unconstitutional.

There are a lot of supplements purported to help with depression. The best sources of information on these are from trusted medical sites, like WebMD and Health.com.

according to time magazine, tubing was purported invented in Thailand by Princess Chumbhot of Nagar Svarga sometime in the middle of the 20th century

Some cough medicines are antitussives (cough suppressants) and some are mucolytics (purported to loosen phlegm).

No. This is a story recently fabricated and purported to be based upon the Mayan calendar, although the Mayans themselves never stated the world would end.

UK actor Jamie Lomas is 37 years old (birthdate April 21, 1980).

*There is a purported birth certificate showing him born in 1975.

Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi was a legendary Ottoman of 17th-century Istanbul, purported to have achieved sustained unpowered flight. See attached link.