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Webster's English Dictionary

purpose

n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L. propositum. See Propound.]1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. ()

He will his firste purpos modify. (Chaucer.)

As my eternal purpose hath decreed. ( Milton.)

The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it. (Shak.)

2. Proposal to another; discourse. (Spenser.)

3. Instance; example. (L'Estrange.)

In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used. ()

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v. t. [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]1. To set forth; to bring forward. ()

2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. (Chaucer.)

Did nothing purpose against the state. ( Shak.)

I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. (Macaulay.)

v. i. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. (Spenser.)