report \report"\ r?-p?rt", v. t. imp.  p. p. reported; p.
   pr.  vb. n. reporting. f. reporter to carry back, carry
   cf. rapporter; see rapport, l. reportare to bear or bring
   back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. see port
   bearing, demeanor.
   1. to refer. obs.
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            baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so
            like unto him that we report the reader to the
            character of king almeric, and will spare the
            repeating his description.            --fuller.
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   2. to bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to
      relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to
      examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports
      to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the
      committee reported progress.
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            there is no man that may reporten all. --chaucer.
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   3. to give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate
      publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is
      reported. --shak.
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            it is reported among the heathen, and gashmu saith
            it, that thou and the jews think to rebel. --neh.
                                                  vi. 6.
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   4. to give an official account or statement of; as, a
      treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
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   5. to return or repeat, as sound; to echo. obs. or r. "a
      church with windows only from above, that reporteth the
      voice thirteen times." --bacon.
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   6. parliamentary practice to return or present as the
      result of an examination or consideration of any matter
      officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill
      witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the
      results of an inquiry.
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   7. to make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public
      body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
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   8. to write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper;
      as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
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   9. to make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an
      unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his
      employer.
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   to be reported, or to be reported of, to be spoken of; to
      be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. --acts
      xvi. 2.

   to report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a
      superior or one to whom service is due, and be in
      readiness to receive orders or do service.
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   syn: to relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.
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see also:
reported rapport port to be reported to be reported of to report one's self