▪ I. report, n.
(rɪˈpɔət)
Also 6 raport, reaport.
[a. OF. report (rare) or raport (mod.F. rapport), vbl. n. f. reporter, rapporter: see report v.]
1. a. Rumour, common talk. (Sometimes personified.) Now rare.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 593, I haue & schal for trowe or fals report In wrong & ryȝt loued þe al myn lyf. 14.. Tundale's Vis., etc. (1843) 121 The day of trowthe is turned into nyght Thorow wrang report. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 70 No langage [is] digne thy vertus to expresse, By newe report so clierly they don shyne. c 1500 Lancelot 777 Arthur by Report hard saye How galiot non armys bur that day. 1559 Mirr. Mag., Tiptoft ii, Might report vprightly vse her tong It would lesse greue vs to augment the matter. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 91 Yet doe the eyes..kindle the more anguishe, whiche see..those thinges, that others heare by reporte. 1600 Shakes. A.Y.L. i. i. 6 My brother Iaques he keepes at schoole, and report speakes goldenly of his profit. c 1645 Milton Sonn. x. To Lady Margaret Ley, As that dishonest victory..Kil'd with report that Old man eloquent. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 601 'Twas thus with Fleeces milky white (if we May trust Report,) Pan God of Arcady, Did bribe thee. 1784 Cowper Task ii. 355 Through that public organ of report He hails the clergy. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe Italian ii, I do not lightly give faith to report. |
b. With a and pl. A rumour; a statement generally made or believed. the report goes: it is commonly said (cf. go v. 13).
| c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1671 Reportes not so sikyr iuges ben, As man to se þe womannes persone. 1483 Caxton Cato C v, Many euyles comen by wycked and euyl tunges and euyl reportes. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 52 The report goth that you have conspired to destroy the secte of Luther. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 669 The Erle of Warwike..by euill reportes, did as much as in him lay to hinder this mariage. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage vi. v. (1614) 587 Baumgarten saith that it was a common report in Cairo when he was there. 1665 Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xvii. (1848) 274 He will..perhaps Ruine himself..by spreading Reports. a 1715 [see go v. 13]. 1781 Cowper Conversat. 802, I have lived recluse in rural shades, Which seldom a distinct report pervades. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth iii, There are bad reports of him among the Dominicans, that is certain. 1848 Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) II. iii. 112 The shadow of this..came in the shape of a report from Paris. |
c. Repute, fame, reputation. Now only with good, etc., as an echo of Biblical passages.
| 1514 Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 28 What thynge is glory,..honour, report, or what is noble name? 1535 Coverdale Judith viii. 13 This Iudith was a woman of a very good reporte with euery one. 1562 Child-Marriages 108 The witnes..cold not depose truly that she was of honest name, biecause they hard of her evill Report. 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iii. 12 A Gentlewoman of mine, Who..Hath blisterd her report. 1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 180 Those honest and warrantable recreations, which are of good report among the Saints. 1729 Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 23 The natural disposition,..to do what is of good report. 1784 Cowper Task vi. 813 Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands. 1784 ― Tiroc. 459 Of chief and most approved report. 1871 Smiles Charac. vii. 195 He had no regard for popularity, but held to his purpose, through good and through evil report. |
2. a. An account brought by one person to another, esp. of some matter specially investigated.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxii, Euerychone shall sey his reporte to þe lorde of þat þei haue done and y-founde. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 5620 Gwynet made noo tariyng But bare the report with glad tithing. 1494 Fabyan Chron. v. lxxix. 57 After report to hym brought of the said Espyes that the countre was fertyll and ryche. 1667 Milton P.L. v. 869 This report, These tidings carrie to th'anointed King. 1742 Young Nt. Th. ii. 377 'Tis greatly wise to..ask them, what Report they bore to Heav'n. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike xi. 120 The messengers appeared..and delivered in their report, which was brief enough. |
b. Without article, in phrase to make report († also = to make answer).
| 1534 Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 385 Therof shal I not faile to make true raport to his Highnes. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 102 b, The Duke and the Lantgrave had made reporte agayne, howe they misliked not the treaty. 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) Matt. ii. 8 When you shal finde him, make reporte to me. c 1683 Waller On St. James's Park Wks. (1729) 208 Sea-nymphs..From Thetis sent as spies, to make report. 1859 Tennyson Marr. Geraint 756 When Yniol made report Of that good mother making Enid gay. |
c. A formal statement of the results of an investigation, or of any matter on which definite information is required, made by some person or body instructed or required to do so.
| 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Report, is a Relation of the opinion or judgement of a Referree, upon any case or difference referred to his consideration by a Court of Justice, most commonly the Chancery. a 1715 Burnet Own Time i. (1715) I. 41 Upon his refusal the rest of the Committee did not think fit to sign the report. 1769 Junius Lett. iii. (1788) 47 The reports of the reviewing generals comprehend only a few regiments in England. 1781 New Ann. Reg. ii. 166/1 The Report of the Commissioners for examining, taking, and stating the Public Accounts of this Kingdom. 1802 James Milit. Dict. s.v., Reports of cavalry are given in to the senior generals of cavalry. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 52 §2 That no Goods shall be unladen from any ship..before due Report of such Ship..shall have been made. 1876 Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 89/1 The Queen's Regulations afford..all information as to the preparation of confidential reports. |
d. In Parliamentary practice, the account of a bill, etc., given to the House by the Committee appointed to consider it.
| 1628 [see reporter 1 c]. 1724 (title) The Report of the Committee of the Lords of..Privy-Council..relating to Mr. Wood's Half-pence. 1817 Parl. Debates 1528 The Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into this subject was presented. 1886 Pall Mall G. 2 July 11/2 When the bill came down to the House..it should be merely subjected to what is called report—that is, the intermediate stage between the second and third reading. |
e. A teacher's official statement in writing about the work and behaviour of a pupil at a school.
| 1873 C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson I. i. 16 The half⁓yearly reports often lament his want of zeal and exertion. 1906 R. Brooke Let. 1 Apr. (1968) 47 My term's report..has come in, & is very bad. Result: the family are shocked. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer ii. 19 It was a mark I'm simply bound in conscience to put into a pupil's report. |
3. a. A statement made by a person; an account, more or less formal, of some person or thing. Also to make report, to give information.
| c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1709 Þe gipcians faste behelden here, And of hire beaute maden þei report To pharao. c 1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 204 When Apollo had herd the report Of Pluto, in a maner smylyng he seyde. c 1475 Babees Bk. 203 For the tyme is shorte, I putte theym nouhte in this lytyl Reporte. 1551 Bp. Gardiner Explic. Cath. Faith 24 b, So as the report made here of the doctrine of the Catholique churche..is a very true reporte. 1591 Shakes. Two Gent. iii. ii. 57 We know (on Valentines report) You are already loues firme votary. 1617 Moryson Itin. i. 53, I..mention this from their report, rather then from my iudgement. 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts, N.T. 30 Do not make report of this my glorious transfiguration to any man whomsoever. 1784 Cowper Task ii. 6 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage. |
† b. Testimony to, or commendation of, a person or quality. Obs. rare.
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. ii. i. 64 Much too little of that good I saw, Is my report to his great worthinesse. c 1600 ― Sonn. lxxxiii, And therefore have I slept in your report. |
c. Law. A formal account of a case argued and determined in any court, giving the important points in the pleadings, evidence, etc. Freq. in pl.
‘The reports contain a statement of the facts, a short outline of the arguments made use of by counsel, the authorities referred to, and the decision of the court’ (M{supc}Culloch).
| [1600 Ashe (title) Le Table al lievr des Reportes del tresreuerend Iudge Sir Ia. Dyer.] 1617 Act 15 Jas. I in Rymer Fœdera (1717) XVII. 27 They shall alwaies attend the Judges of such Courts where the Judgments..shall passe with their Reports, to the ende they maie be..reviewed by the said Judges before they be published. 1628 Coke On Litt. 293 Report..in the Common Law..signifieth a publike relation..[of] Cases iudicially argued [etc.]. 1670 Moral State Eng. 59 Every Term bringeth forth a collection of new Reports. a 1734 North Life Ld. Keeper North (1742) I. 20 Now..every ordinary Practiser publisheth his Reports as he pleaseth..And thus the Shelves are loaded with Reports. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. Introd. 71 The reports are extant in a regular series from the reign of king Edward the second inclusive. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 402/2 The earliest reports extant are the ‘Year-books’. |
| attrib. 1650 Pub. Gen. Acts 1097 The Parliament have thought fit to..Enact.., That all the Report-Books of the Resolutions of Judges, and other Books of the Law of England shall be translated into the English Tongue. |
d. An account, more or less complete, of the statements made by a speaker or speakers (as in a debate, lecture, etc.), of the proceedings at a meeting, or of any occurrence or event, esp. such an account noted down with a view to publication in a special form or in the newspaper press.
| 1812 J. H. Lewis Ready Writer Introd. 16 The art by which they may follow the most rapid speakers, and afterwards read their own reports and memorandums with correctness and facility. 1861 May Const. Hist. I. 429 When the fear of punishment was abated, the reports became more systematic; and were improved in character and copiousness. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore i, Very few of them [sc. ladies] would relish the chit-chat about them if they'd correct reports from the club-windows and short-hand notes from the smoking-rooms. |
e. A statement in which an accusation is made against (a sailor, etc.); the charge itself; esp. in phr. on report, on a charge.
| 1850 H. Melville White Jacket II. xxxviii. 246 The names of such offenders shall be put down on the report. 1915 Recruiter's Bull. (U.S. Marine Corps., N.Y.) June 17/2, I was in that Corps for fifteen years and never saw a man on report. 1948 Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 154 In the report, a colloquial synonym of ‘in the rattle’. (Navy.) 1963 T. & P. Morris Pentonville vi. 126 When an officer observes a prisoner committing an offence he must decide whether or not to place the prisoner on Governor's Report... Reports are heard on every day except Sundays and public holidays. 1969 Punch 5 Mar. 350/2 We're just coming up to the conference point with my sergeant, fifteen hundred hours outside Queensway tube. I'll be on report if he catches me exceeding three miles per hour. |
f. weather report: see weather n. 6 a.
† 4. The act of saying or uttering. Obs.—1
| 1548 Gest Pr. Masse B j b, After thee due reporte, and vtterance of thee sayde wordes..they be consecrate. |
† 5. Relation, reference, bearing, connexion. Also const. to. Obs. rare.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. Author's Pref. I. 2, I trust I haue ensewed the true reporte of the sentence of the mater. 1672 Evelyn Diary 25 Sept., The kitchen and stables are ill-placed, and the corridore worse, having no report to the wings they joyne to. 1727–38 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Pinion, Pinion of report is that pinion, in a watch, which is commonly fixed on the arbor of the great wheel. |
† 6. a. Mus. A response; a note or part answering to or repeating another; loosely, a note, a musical sound. Also attrib. Obs.
| 1502 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xli, Fresche ladyis sang in voice virgineall Concordis sweit, diuers entoned reportis. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 37 There vas mony smal birdis..singand melodius reportis of natural music. Ibid. 64 In melodius music, in gude accorddis and reportis of dyapason. 1576 Gascoigne Phil. Wks. K iij b, Hir second note..she did in pleasant wise repeate With sweet reports, of heauenly harmonie. 1592 R. D. Hypnerotomachia 37 The aunswerable sounde and delectable report of a warbeling harpe. 1626 Bacon Sylva §113 The Reports and Fuges, have an Agreement with the Figures in Rhetorick, of Repetition and Traduction. 1646 Crashaw Musick's Duell Wks. (1904) 119 There stood she listning, and did entertaine The musick's soft report. 1662 Playford Skill Mus. i. (1674) 59 This Mood that is so commixt with fancy and Airy reports, one part after other. |
| attrib. 1600 N. Breton in England's Helicon B b j, A Report Song..betweene a Sheepheard and his Nimph. |
† b. Rhet. = anaphora (see quot.). Obs.
| 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 208 Repetition in the first degree we call the figure of Report according to the Greeke originall, and is when we make one word begin..many verses in sute. |
7. a. A resounding noise, esp. that caused by the discharge of fire-arms or explosives.
| 1590 Greene Never too late (1600) 91 Like lightning, or the flash That runnes before the hote report of thunder. 1623 Bingham Xenophon, Lipsius' Comp. V iij, They would at the first haue feared the shew and reports of our Peeces. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 233 They are..timorous beyond imagination, trembling at the report of a gun. 1700 Dryden Ceyx & Alcyone 139 in Fables 366 The lashing Billows make a loud report. 1773 Cook Voy. (1790) I. 177 They keep time with such exactness, that 60 or 100 paddles..make only a single report. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 254 The report of a distant gun would perhaps be heard from the solitary woodland. 1871 Tyndall Frag. Sci. (1879) I. x. 319 They..exploded with a very loud report in the air. |
b. In fire-works, a charge which makes a loud noise when exploded; a case containing this.
| 1799 G. Smith Laboratory I. 28 You may also glue on every end of the rockets, a report of paper. 1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 15 Furnishing the squib with its report is called bouncing. |
8. attrib. and Comb., as report sheet, report stage; report card, (a) U.S., a document comprising a school report; also attrib. and transf.; (b) Austral. (see quot. 1969).
| 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 223 But to have the school authorities think that I have no control over her, that..I didn't even know she had a *report card. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xvii. 202 He set up a rating system for bands, based on the report-card letters A to D. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 Nov. 2/1 The Republicans would be less doleful this morning if they had not seconded so volubly the Democrats' contention that these four elections would constitute ‘a report card’ on the Eisenhower Administration. 1969 Eagleson & McKie Terminology Austral. Nat. Football iii. 7 Report card, a card on which at the termination of a match, umpires record particulars of any charge(s) they may make against players. 1977 Time 22 Aug. 11/3 Carter's early forcefulness..drove six Latin countries..to reject U.S. military assistance rather than agree to prepare ‘report cards’ for Washington on human rights. 1980 L. St. Clair Obsessions xi. 195 Erin's baby bootees, her silver food pusher, her first report card. |
| 1957 C. Smith Case of Torches xiv. 189 He wrote it all down... He doodled on his *report sheet. 1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre Tooth i. 7 His report-sheet shows that he was a good man. |
| 1906 Freeman & Abbott A.B.C. of Parliamentary Procedure 74 Reports from Committee of the Whole House. (‘*Report Stage’.)—When a Bill is committed pro formâ to enable the member in charge to introduce numerous amendments..the Bill so amended is reported and recommitted for a future day. 1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 5/8 We expect concessions to be made during the committee and report stages of the Bill. |
▪ II. report, v.
(rɪˈpɔət)
[a. OF. and AF. reporter:—L. reportāre, f. re- re- + portāre to carry. The prominent uses in Eng. however are expressed in OF. by raporter (mod.F. rapporter): cf. report n.]
I. trans.
1. a. To relate, narrate, tell, give an account of (a fact, event, etc.). Also const. to a person. Now somewhat rare.
| c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 64 Ther nys no man that may reporten al. c 1386 ― Epil. Merch. T. 17 And I sholde rekenen euery vice Which þat she hath,..it sholde reported be And toold to hire. c 1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1486 When I came in I meruelyd gretly of that I behelde & herde there reporte. c 1450 Lovelich Grail xlii. 237 Nasciens to hym gan to Reporte In to whiche diuers Contre he gan Resorte. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxxii. 69 This report I with my pen, How at Dumfermling fell the cace. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xiii. (Percy Soc.) 52, I must procede, and shew of Arismetrik With divers nombres which I must reporte. 1573 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 10 If I shuld report and repeat al your wurship miht think me far wurs abusid. 1604 E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. ix. 144 It were a very difficult matter, to report particularly the admirable effectes which some windes cause. 1634 Milton Comus 127 'Tis onely day-light that makes Sin Which these dun shades will ne're report. 1667 ― P.L. vi. 21 He..found Already known what he for news had thought To have reported. 1859 Tennyson Elaine 625 Came the Lord of Astolat out, to whom the Prince Reported who he was. 1883 Century Mag. Oct. 927/2 ‘Outre-Mer’, a young poet's sketch-book, reports his first transition from cloister life to travel and experience. |
b. Const. that or inf. Freq. in passive in phr. it is reported, it is commonly said or stated.
| 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 139 It is eke reported that Seint Bernard schuld sey the same of this King Henry. 1535 Coverdale Ps. lxxxvi. 5 Of Sion it shall be reported, that he was borne in her. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 58 There been that reporten hym in this wise to haue aunswered. 1582 N.T. (Rhem.) Rom. iii. 8 As we are blasphemed, and as some report us to say. 1606 Shakes. Ant. & Cl. i. iv. 67 On the Alpes, It is reported thou did'st eate strange flesh. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 431 Both parts reported the number of the slain, to be greater than it was. 1686 tr. Chardin's Coronat. Solyman 84 It is reported the Employments which he supply'd..brought into the Chequer a Million sterling yearly. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator No. 8 (1822) I. 63 The author says that he has heard it reported..that the fourth Duke of Braganza [etc.]. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 187 The refugee friars..were reported to be well supplied with money from England. |
† c. To give an account of (a person), to describe. Obs.
| 1602 Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 350 Report me and my causes right To the vnsatisfied. 1607 ― Cor. v. iv. 27 Men. He wants nothing of a God but Eternity... Sicin. Yes, mercy, if you report him truly. 1635 Heylin Sabbath i. (1636) 163 Saint Augustine so reports him in his sixt Book de civitate. |
| refl. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. ii. iv. 83 The Chimney-peece [is] Chaste Dian, bathing: neuer saw I figures So likely to report themselues. |
2. a. To carry, convey, or repeat (something said, a message, etc.) to another. Also without const.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 2414 A lettir he fourmed, In presidine with his awen prince reportand þa wordis. 1490 Caxton Eneydos lii. 146 Nowe goo youre waye, & reporte to the kynge that that I haue saide. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. viii. 61 Hir supplication, with teris full vnglaid, Reportis hir sister, and answere brocht agane. 1560 J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 287 b, I wyll reporte this tale unto Duke Maurice. 1667 Milton P.L. xii. 237 The voice of God To mortal eare is dreadful; they beseech That Moses might report to them his will. 1781 Cowper Truth 205 Tom.., swift as an express, Reports a message with a pleasing grace. 1870 Bryant Iliad II. xv. 81 Report my words To royal Neptune, and report them right. |
b. To repeat (something heard); to relate as having been spoken by another.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 430/1 Reportyn', or bere a-wey thynge þat hathe be seyde or tawȝte, reporto. 1530 Palsgr. 687/1, I reporte a thinge agayne, I make rehersall of it, as I herde it, je fays rapport. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 260 b, The kyng hymself made hym answere, as foloweth woorde for woorde, as nere as I was able to report it. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 242 We are sometimes occasioned in our tale to report some speech from another mans mouth. 1638 Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 176 You would aske mee newes, in a time, when reporting it is dangerous. 1671 Milton Samson 1350 He's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame? 1845 Whately Rhet. in Encycl. Metrop. I. 296/1 It is desirable that he should deliver them as if he were reporting another's sentiments. 1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gypsy 90 None hath words she can report of thee. |
c. spec. To take down (a law-case, speech, discussion, etc.) in writing, now esp. with a view to publication in a newspaper; to prepare a written account of (any meeting, event, etc.). Also absol.
| 1600 Ashe Table Reportes de Sir J. Dyer Note, The yeere of the Kings and Queenes raigne in which [the case] is reported. a 1617 Bacon Amend. Laws Eng. Wks. 1730 IV. 6 Cases reported with too great a prolixity, would be drawn into a more compendious report. a 1734 North Life Ld. Keeper North (1742) I. 34 [He] followed his studies very close, and attended the Courts at Westminster, and reported diligently. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 195/2 Others are engaged to report the trials in the courts of law. Ibid., The manner in which the parliamentary proceedings are reported. 1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 631/2 Still less can a country reporter..accurately report lectures on all subjects indiscriminately. He cannot report, because he does not understand. 1891 N. & Q. 26 Dec. 504/1 If Mr. Goschen was correctly reported,..he spoke thus. |
d. To say factually. Also with direct speech as object.
| 1929 M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 15/1 Words that can be used in place of..‘said’..Reported. 1977 B. Freemantle Charlie Muffin iv. 45 ‘Completely misread the interview,’ he reported. |
3. a. To give in or render a formal account or statement of or concerning (some matter or thing); to make a formal report on; to state (something) in such a report. Also with back. Phr. to report out (a bill), of a committee of Congress: to return (a bill) to the legislative body for debate.
| 1580 Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 280 In cais ony variance result,..than sall they report..the mater and point quhairin the variance standis. 1667 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 8 They passed the Bill, as the Committee,..and ordered it to be reported the next day. 1780 Act in New Ann. Reg. (1781) ii. 166/1 That the commissioners..do forthwith report to this house what progress they have made. a 1781 in Simes Milit. Guide (ed. 3) 9 Taking care to keep an exact roster, that one may not report more than another. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 52 §2 All goods not duly reported..shall be forfeited. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall Mines 184 The engines which are to be ‘reported’, that is, to have their duty published once a month. 1863 H. Cox Instit. i. ix. 167 At the close of a committee of the House of Commons on a bill, the chairman reports the bill forthwith to the House. 1872 Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 97 The superintendent reports 24,303 tons of ore taken from the mine during the year. 1883 Rep. U.S. Bureau Indian Affairs p. xxiv, The bill as read and referred was reported back by the Senate Committee. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 31 May 8/2 The bill recently was reported out favorably by the House Armed Services Committee. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 Apr. (1970) 257 The Committee reported out the Civil Rights Bill, quicker and stronger than ever expected. 1976 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Apr. 20/3 The Senate Antitrust Sub⁓committee may well report out a ‘vertical divestiture’ bill, which will then go before the full Judiciary Committee. 1976 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 10/4 The society..has arranged for its ticket selling committee to meet next Tuesday to report back their ideas to the society. 1979 Sci. Amer. July 68/3 The bill was reported out of committee, but when it was pointed out that enforcing such a statute would cost money and that the bill should be referred to the appropriations committee, support waned and the bill did not come to a vote. |
b. To relate, state, or notify (something) as the result of special observation or investigation; to bring in a report of (something observed).
| 1631 T. Powell Tom All Trades 45 If the Herald report him a Gentleman. 1633 Heywood Eng. Trav. ii. i, One..Climbs by the bedpost to the tester, there Reports a turbulent sea and a tempest towards. 1776 Trial of Nundocomar 32/1 On my return, I reported to the Chief Justice in court that I did not think it safe. 1781 Cowper Conversat. 386 Each individual..Reports it hot or cold, or wet or dry. 1836 Marryat Midsh. Easy xxxiv, The next morning the packet from England was reported off the harbour's mouth. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 148 He would..return, and report what he had seen to his companions. 1859 Lang Wand. India 275 My friend..requested the sowars to follow them, and report all they might observe of their actions. |
c. To name (a person) to a superior authority as having offended in some way.
| 1885 Law Times LXXX. 4/2 The master..could only report the claimant and could not suspend or dismiss him. |
d. refl. To make known to some authority that one has arrived or is present at a certain place.
| 1802 James Milit. Dict. s.v., Every officer on his arrival..must report himself to the governor. 1841 Catlin N. Amer. Ind. xxxvii. (1844) II. 37 Having obtained permission to accompany the regiment..I reported myself at this place. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 569 To Report one's self, when an officer returns on board from duty, or from leave of absence. |
| transf. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i, This rising in La Vendée reports itself at Paris on Wednesday the 29th of August. 1876 Mellor Priesth. iv. 174 The miracles..were changes which reported themselves to one sense at least. |
II. intr. or absol.
4. † a. To make a report of, to give an account of, to speak or talk in a certain way of, a person or thing. Obs.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 467 Of whom hit was seide that Kynadius kynge of Scottes scholde reporte in this wise. 1461 Paston Lett. II. 30 The seyd Will reportyth of yow as shamfully as he can. 1494 Fabyan Chron. 2 Of Fraunce and other I myght lyke wyse reporte To theyr great honour. 1535 Coverdale 1 Tim. v. 10 Soch one as was..well reported of in good workes. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 233 Many times our Poet is caried by some occasion to report of a thing that is maruelous. 1601 Shakes. All's Well iii. v. 60 There is a Gentleman that serues the Count, Reports but coursely of her. |
b. To act as a (newspaper) reporter.
| 1850 in Ogilvie. 1888 L. Stephen in Dict. Nat. Biog. XV. 21/1 For two sessions he reported for the ‘Mirror of Parliament’. |
5. a. To make report (on a person or thing); † to relate, state.
| a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 16 Thei toke her leue and yode into Inglond, and reported as thei hadd founde bi the doughtres. 1533 Frith Answ. More Wks. (1829) 344, I dare say that ye untruly report on us all. a 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV 7 He graunted lycence..for certayn cottesolde sheepe to be transported into..Spayne (as people report). 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 456 This Pitch (as ancient Writers doe report) doth defile. 1607 ― Cor. ii. ii. 36 To report otherwise, were a Mallice. 1671 J. Webster Metallogr. vi. 93 By plowing or accidental digging: as Gold was found in Galecia as Justin reporteth. 1883 Gilmour Mongols xvii. 203 Has any one among us..seen these things, and come back to life to report on them? |
b. To make or draw up, to give in or submit, a formal report. Also used in less formal contexts of a journalist or broadcaster. Phr. to report back: to return with a formal report (to one's principal).
| 1628 Jrnls. Ho. Comm. I. 905/1 They desire a present Conference..about the great Business... Mr. Glanvyle, Mr. Selden [etc.] to report. 1802 James Milit. Dict. s.v., General officers report to the commander in chief only. 1828–32 Webster s.v., The committee will report at twelve o'clock. 1961 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. 20 July 5 He would study the correct method and report back to the council. 1966 Rep. Comm. Inquiry Univ. Oxf. I. 271 An inferior body receives its policy from the superior body and can then be told to do its work and decide within the limits of the policy laid down, only reporting back in cases of real doubt or difficulty. 1968 Listener 21 Nov. 667/1 That resolution gave us only 70 hours to report back to the Assembly on the organisation of the force. 1971 Guardian 19 Mar. 22/3 The good and bad of compensation: Judy Hillman and Malcolm Stuart report on page six. 1974 Radio Times 28 Feb. 35/2 What does a holiday cruise offer you? Gladys Nicol reports. Ibid. 35/5 The World Tonight: News—Douglas Stuart reporting. |
c. To report one's self. (See 3 d.) Also with in.
| 1864 in Webster. 1885 U. S. Grant Mem. I. iii. 45 On the 30th of September I reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks. 1891 Law Times XCI. 247/2 The goods were to be applied for within twenty-four hours of the ship's arrival and reporting at the Custom-house. 1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam viii. 159 ‘I'm reporting in,’ I told him, handing over my orders. 1977 D. Beaty Excellency viii. 99 He murmured something about having to report in at the African Airways counter. |
III. trans.
† 6. a. refl. To betake (oneself) for support, to appeal to a person or thing. Cf. refer v. 5. Obs. (common c 1480–1640).
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxiii, Of þe whiche y reporte me to þe olde statutes and custumes of þe kynges house. 1450 Rolls of Parlt. V. 182/1 As for the Article..he reporteth hym to the Act that is made theruppon. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 23 Reporte the to the moost holsome opynion of all thy counseyllours. 1503 Hawes Examp. Virt. viii. v, She is both good eke fayre and pure As I report me vnto dame Nature. 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 405 There is no such Hebrue worde,..as I report mee to all that haue but meane knowledge in the tongue. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 297 For farther proofe..I report me to euery mans conscience. 1639 Fuller Holy War v. xvii. (1647) 258, I report myself to any that have not the pearl of prejudice in the eye of their judgement. |
† b. Without const. Obs. rare.
| c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 133, I reporte me; your-self behold & see! 1544 Bale Chron. Sir J. Oldcastle 51 b, How wele these two wrytynges agre, I report me. |
† c. To refer to, esp. for information. Obs.
| c 1520 Barclay Jugurtha 17 b, Touchynge the very credence of the truthe of the mater I reporte that to the authours. 1556 Aurelio & Isab. (1608) F j, The merite of this dissimulede annestey unto the feare..oughte to be reportede. 1639 Fuller Holy War ii. xxxviii. (1647) 94 We report the reader to the character of King Almerick. |
† 7. a. To bring or convey; to carry (news). Obs.
| c 1489 Caxton Blanchardyn 6 How a knyght wounded cam & reported tydynges to þ⊇ kynge of maryenborough. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 33 Well mote yee thee..That home ye may report thrise happy newes. Ibid. x. 3 If some relish of that hevenly lay His learned daughters would to me report To decke my song withall. |
† b. Sc. To bring in, bring in return; also of persons, to obtain, get for oneself. Obs.
| 1508 A. Cadiou Porteous Noblenes in Compl. Scot. (1801) 205 Gudis hid, report bot litill thanke, joy, or pleseir. 1571–2 Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 128 His said schip..wilbe allutirlie wrakkit..; swa that he nor the awnaris of the same will report na commoditie thairby. 1579 Ibid. III. 249 Be sic indirect meanis tending to report thankis be making of sum wrang report. 1614 Forbes Comm. Rev. Ded., For that of your Maiesties knowne clemencie, I am certaine to report either praise or pardon. |
† 8. a. To utter, pronounce; to bring forward, produce, show. Obs. rare.
| 1548 Gest Pr. Masse B j b, The bread & wyne..were profane & vnholy, before the wordes of the institution of the sayd supper were duely reported upon them. Ibid. G j b, Thys partecle..as it is a pronone relatyve..therfor reporteth, declareth, & respecteth hys antecedent. 1569 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 684 Quhill the complenar satisfie the Kirk and report the superintendentis testimoniall thairupoun. a 1617 Bayne On Eph. (1658) 64 Honour serveth to report our reverent respect to God. |
† b. To involve or imply. Obs. rare—1.
| 1565 Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 342 Which maner not reporting any vntruth, S. Basil doth excuse. |
† c. intr. ? To be present. Obs. rare—1.
| 1560 Proude Wives Paternost. 524 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 175 Our soules from synne to preserue clere, That the flame of charyte in vs reporte. |
† 9. a. To cause to re-echo or resound. Obs. rare.
| c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxxi. ii, Lett trumpetts tunes report his praise. 1673 [R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 137 Sighing to the winds, and calling upon the woods, not forgetting to report his mistresses name so often. |
† b. To send back, re-echo (a sound). Obs. rare.
| 1589 R. Robinson Gold. Mirr. (1851) 12 The ragged hills and rocky towers reporte, By Ecchoes voyce, the quest of Noble hounds. 1626 Bacon Sylva §249 If you speak three Words, it will (perhaps) some three times report you the whole three Words. |
† c. To fire (a gun); to be the cause or occasion of firing. Obs. rare.
| 1592 Stow Ann. (1601) 1436 The Castell discharged fiftie canon, and the king of Englands ship lying before the castell, reported as many... Euery health reported sixe, eight, or ten shot of great Ordinance. |
10. To fit (a fire-work) with a report.
| 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts Ser. i. 133/2 On each of the five spokes tie a case of brilliant fire, reported at its end. 1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 43 The saucissons having been all reported, proceed to ‘dub in’ the ends. |
Hence reˈported ppl. a. Also reˈportedly adv., according to report.
| 1812 J. H. Lewis Ready Writer Introd. 12 All the characteristic peculiarities of thought and expression that distinguish the reported speeches of a Chatham and a Tooke. 1846 M{supc}Culloch Brit. Empire (1854) II. 162 Every year adds three or four more [volumes], exclusively of the reported cases in equity. 1881 Bradley Arnold's Latin Prose lxv, Reported speeches in Oratio Obliqua. 1901 ‘Lucas Malet’ Sir R. Calmady iv. i, The picture of those reportedly gownless backs had depressed him abominably. 1958 Times 28 Nov. 13/6 Some chance remarks reportedly made by Prince Akihito..sent the match-makers searching farther afield. 1959 Listener 6 Aug. 199/1 He was..strongly criticized for reportedly kissing an African woman in public. 1972 New Yorker 4 Mar. 85/1 What their constituents have said to them since reportedly is not appreciative. 1979 Time 2 Apr. 31/1 This probe reportedly is ready to produce indictments against the man that Carter made director of the Office of Management and Budget. |