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Report in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels report as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun

Report

[Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]

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Headwordreport

Part of speechnoun

Historical etymology[Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]

Selected historical definitionThat which is reported.

Signed record IDwebster1913-report-noun-768463544133

Source locatorCIDE.R, paragraph 5566; Gutenberg eBook 667

Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus

Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 667 Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive

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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "report" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]" The selected historical definition says: "That which is reported."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-09-05

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