The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Report \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.
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   2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the
      proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an
      occurrence, etc., for publication.
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   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.
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The 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Report \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.
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                It was a true report that I heard in mine own
                land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. --1 Kings x.
                                                  6.
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                Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . .
                of good report among all the nation of the Jews.
                                                  --Acts x. 22.
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      (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.
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   2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]
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            The corridors worse, having no report to the wings
            they join to.                         --Evelyn.
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   Syn: Account; relation; narration; detail; description;
        recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

report
    n 1: a written document describing the findings of some
         individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by
         Hill and Dale" [syn: report, study, written report]
    2: the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that
       they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a
       happy couple" [syn: report, account]
    3: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the
       story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech
       that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
       [syn: report, news report, story, account, write
       up]
    4: a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun
       firing); "they heard a violent report followed by silence"
    5: a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and
       deportment; "his father signed his report card" [syn: report
       card, report]
    6: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got
       an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper,
       report, theme]
    7: the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he
       acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing";
       "he was a person of bad report" [syn: reputation, report]
    v 1: to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet
         Italian police described it in a manner typically
         continental" [syn: report, describe, account]
    2: announce as the result of an investigation or experience or
       finding; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported
       daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances
       in their research"
    3: announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9
       o'clock"
    4: make known to the authorities; "One student reported the
       other to the principal"
    5: be responsible for reporting the details of, as in
       journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub
       reporter covered New York City" [syn: report, cover]
    6: complain about; make a charge against; "I reported her to the
       supervisor"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

444 Moby Thesaurus words for "report":
   Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis,
   Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, PR, Te Deum,
   Trisagion, Vedic hymn, accidental, acclaim, account,
   account rendered, accounting, accuse, acquaint, acquaintance,
   act on, acta, advertise, advertise of, advice, advise, affirm,
   allege, allegorize, alleluia, analysis, announce, announcement,
   annual, annunciate, annunciation, answer, anthem, antiphon,
   antiphony, appear, apprise, approval, arraign, arrive, article,
   backfire, ballyhoo, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, blue book, blurb,
   book, book review, boom, break the news, breve, brief, briefing,
   bright light, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book,
   bring word, broadcast, bruit, bulletin, bulletin board, burst,
   buzz, canard, canticle, celebrity, censure, census report, chant,
   character, charge, chat, chatter, check in, check out, check up on,
   chitchat, chorale, chronicle, circular, circulate, cite, clock in,
   come in, comment, commentary, commentation, common knowledge,
   common talk, communicate, communication, communique, complain,
   condemn, conversation, convey, cover, crack, critical bibliography,
   critical journal, critical notice, critical review, criticism,
   critique, crotchet, cry, currency, data, datum, daylight,
   declaration, declare, declare roundly, decree, demisemiquaver,
   denounce, denunciate, describe, description, detail, detonation,
   directory, dirt, discharge, disclose, dispatch, disseminate,
   divulge, document, dominant, dominant note, doom,
   double whole note, doxology, eclat, edict, editorial, eighth note,
   election returns, encyclical, enharmonic, enharmonic note,
   enlighten, enlightenment, enunciate, enunciation, evidence,
   examine, explore, explosion, exposure, fable, fabulize, facts,
   factual information, fame, familiarization, familiarize,
   famousness, fasten on, fasten upon, fictionalize, figure, find,
   find against, find for, finger, flare, flash, flat, flying rumor,
   fulguration, fulmination, gen, general information, get across,
   get over, give, give a report, give notice, give the facts,
   give tidings of, give word, glare, glory, gloss, gossip, grapevine,
   guidebook, gunfire, gunshot, half note, hallelujah, hand on,
   handout, hang something on, hard information, hearsay,
   hemidemisemiquaver, history, hoopla, hosanna, hue and cry, hymn,
   hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, idea afloat,
   impart, impeach, imply, impute, incidental information, indict,
   info, inform, inform against, inform on, information, inquire into,
   insinuate, instruct, instruction, intelligence, investigate,
   issue a manifesto, issue a statement, knowledge, kudos,
   latrine rumor, laud, lay charges, leader, leading article,
   leave word, let know, light, limelight, literary criticism,
   lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, look into, make a statement,
   make an announcement, make known, make public, manifesto, mantra,
   maximum dissemination, mention, mention to, message, minim,
   minutes, motet, murmur, musical note, mythicize, mythify,
   mythologize, name, narrate, narrative, natural, news,
   news stirring, note, notice, notification, notify, notoriety,
   notoriousness, novelize, offertory, offertory sentence, on-dit,
   order, paean, pass, pass along, pass judgment, pass on,
   pass sentence, patent note, piece, pin on, plug, popularity,
   position paper, prating, prefer charges, presentation,
   press charges, press notice, probe, proceedings, proclamation,
   program, programma, promotional material, promulgate, pronounce,
   pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement, pronunciamento,
   proof, psalm, psalmody, public eye, public knowledge,
   public notice, public relations, public report, publication,
   publicity, publicity story, publicize, publicness, publish,
   publish a manifesto, puff, put on report, put out, quarter note,
   quaver, recite, reclame, recognition, record, recount, rehearse,
   relate, release, remark, render, renown, rep, report for duty,
   reproach, reputation, repute, research, responding note, response,
   responsory, retell, return a verdict, returns, reveal, review,
   romance, roorback, rule, rumble, rumor, running commentary,
   scandal, scrutinize, scuttlebutt, semibreve, semiquaver, send,
   send word, sentence, serve notice, set forth, shaped note, share,
   share with, sharp, shot, sidelight, sign in, signal,
   sixteenth note, sixty-fourth note, small talk, speak, speech,
   spiccato, spotlight, staccato, state, statement, storify, story,
   study, surface, sustained note, take to task, talk, tally, task,
   tattle, taunt with, tax, tell, tercet, the bubble reputation,
   the dope, the goods, the know, the record, the scoop,
   thirty-second note, tidings, tittle-tattle, tone, town talk,
   transactions, transfer, transmission, transmit, triplet, turn up,
   twit, ukase, unconfirmed report, utter a judgment, verse, versicle,
   version, vogue, whisper, whispering, white book, white paper,
   whole note, word, write up, write-up, yearbook



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

REPORT, legislation. A statement made by a committee to a legislative
assembly, of facts of which they were charged to inquire.



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

REPORT, practice. A certificate to the court made by a master in chancery,
commissioner or other person appointed by the court, of the facts or matters
to be ascertained by him, or of something of which it is his duty to inform
the court.
     2. If the parties in the case accede to the report, find no exceptions
are filed, it is in due time confirmed; if exceptions are filed to the
report, they will, agreeably to the rules of the court, be heard, and the
report will either be confirmed, set aside, or referred. back for the
correction of some error. 2 Madd. Ch. 505; Blake's Ch. Pr. 230; Vin. Ab.
h.t.