Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,052. Its county seat is Winchester. Franklin County is part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
2. purport-the pervading meaning or tenor; caught the general drift of the conversation. drift. tenor, strain-the general meaning or substance of an utterance; although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument.
The definition of a referent is the thing to which something else refers. When someone saysthat book,referring to a well-known and reviled popular book, the well-known and reviled book that is referred to is an example of the referent. something referred to.