▪ I. † proˈport, n.1 Obs. rare—1.
[Short for proportion.]
= proportion n. 4.
| 1565 Satir. Poems Reform. i. 383 Nature formed my feate{supr} beside in such proport as advanseth my pride. |
▪ II. † proport, n.2
obs. Sc. f. purport n., bearing.
| 1597 Skene De Verb. Sign., Proporcitas, proportatio assisæ, the proport, report, declaration, or deliverance of ane assise. |
▪ III. † proˈport, v. Sc. Obs.
[a. OF. proporte-r (1118 in Godef.), variant of porporter to purport.]
trans. To convey to the mind, to express; to mean, to bear; to set forth; = purport v. 1.
| 1387 Charters &c. of Edinb. (1871) 55 This Endenture..contenis, proportis, and beris witnes. 1434 Reg. St. Andrews 506 (Jam.) The endenture maid at Saint Androwis..proportis and berys witnes [etc.]. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. Prol. 28 Virgile..heirintill, as Seruius gan proport, His hie knawledge he schawis. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 219 In siclike number as tha did proport. 1607 Lever Crucifix lxxxv, Take for an instance him whom we proport. 1609 Hume Admon. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 578 The historie proporteth that sum of theis byschopes seates wer aboue ane other. 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xxi. §4 (1699) 112 As our saids Laws and Acts of Parliament in themselves proports. |