to be reported

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to be reported - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Report \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.]
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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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