REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport,

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• MODERN

modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod.

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• RAP

rap

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• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

porter,

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• LAT

Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an

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• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account,

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• NEWS

news, &c.)  , an account or statement of events, speeches, proceedings, the results of investigations, &c., " brought back " by one who was present either casually or sent for the specific purpose, hence reputation, rumour . A special sense, that of a loud noise, as of the explosion of firearms, appears as early as the end of the 16th century . For the reports of speeches, parliamentary debates, &c., in the daily press see REPORTING below, and for the particular form of law reporting see ENGLISH LAW; AMERICAN LAW .