Report

re-port', v.t. To bear or bring' back (an answer or account of something); to give an account of, circulate publicly; to give a formal or official account of; to make minutes of (a speech, or the doing: o1 public body); to relate, tell, recite, detail.— v. To make a return or statement that expected or desired; to furnish in writing an account of a speech or proceedings of a public a embly, etc.: to betake one's self as to a superior officer, and be in readine for orders or to do service. — n. That which reported: an account received: story; rumor; repute; reputation sound noise an official statement of facts, verbal or written a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined a sketch, or fully written account, of a speech, or a public meeting, etc. [F. reporter, L. report are, to bear or bring back; port are, to bear or bring.] — Report'er, n. One who reports: esp., one who makes statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates; one who reports the proceedings of public meetings, current transactions, etc., for the newspapers. — Raport'ing, n. Act, art, or profe ion of. etc.