\Re*port"\ (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.]
         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.
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.
         There is no man that may reporten all. --Chaucer.
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.
         It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith
         it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. --Neh.
                                               vi. 6.
4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a
   treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
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.
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.
7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public
   body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper;
   as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an
   unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his
   employer.
{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.
Syn: To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

\Re*port"\ (r?-p?rt"), v. i.
1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter
   inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as,
   the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the
   proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an
   occurrence, etc., for publication.
3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one
   to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders
   or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's
   address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the
   general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

\Re*port"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]rt"), n. [Cf. F. rapport. See
{Report}.v. t.]
1. That which is reported. Specifically:
   (a) An account or statement of the results of examination
       or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
       ``From Thetis sent as spies to make report.''
       --Waller.
   (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a
       rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
             It was a true report that I heard in mine own
             land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. --1 Kings x.
                                               6.
             Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . .
             of good report among all the nation of the Jews.
                                               --Acts x. 22.
   (c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
   (d) An official statement of facts, verbal or written;
       especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and
       facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as,
       the reports of the heads af departments to Congress,
       of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to
       a legislative body, and the like.
   (e) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or
       decision, or of case argued and determined in a court
       of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the
       volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.
   (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech,
       debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting,
       legislative body, etc.
2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]
         The corridors worse, having no report to the wings
         they join to.                         --Evelyn.
Syn: Account; relation; narration; detail; description;
     recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.