Purpose(n.) 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.
Purpose(n.) Proposal to another; discourse.
Purpose(n.) Instance; example.
Purpose(v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Purpose(v. t.) To set forth; to bring forward.
Purpose(v. t.) 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.
Purposed(imp. & p. p.) of Purpose
Purposedly(adv.) In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.
Purposeful(a.) Important; material.
Purposely(adv.) With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.
Purposer(n.) One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
Purposer(n.) One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
Purposing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purpose
Purposive(a.) Having or indicating purpose or design.
Words within purposely