[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purpose \pur"pose\, v. i.
   to have a purpose or intention; to discourse. obs.
   --spenser.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purpose \pur"pose\, 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.
      1913 webster

            he will his firste purpos modify.     --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            as my eternal purpose hath decreed.   -- milton.
      1913 webster

            the flighty purpose never is o'ertook
            unless the deed go with it.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. proposal to another; discourse. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. instance; example. obs. --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   syn: design; end; intention; aim. see design.
        1913 webster
see also:
propound in purpose of purpose on purpose design 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purpose \pur"pose\, v. t. imp.  p. p. purposed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. purposing. of. purposer, proposer. see propose.
   1. to set forth; to bring forward. obs.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            did nothing purpose against the state. -- shak.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
purposed purposing propose 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

purpose
     n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
          planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
          translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
          created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
          needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" syn: intent,
           intention, aim, design
     2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
        bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
        syn: function, role, use
     3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
        "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a
        man of purpose" syn: determination
     v 1: propose or intend; "i aim to arrive at noon" syn: aim, purport,
           propose
     2: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" syn: resolve
see also:
intent intention aim design function role 
use determination purport propose resolve 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

145 moby thesaurus words for "purpose":
   advantage, aim, aim at, ambition, animus, aspiration, aspire,
   aspire after, aspire to, avail, be after, benefit, by design,
   commitment, conclude, consciously, consider, contemplate, counsel,
   decide, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication,
   definiteness, deliberately, deliberateness, deliberation,
   desideration, desideratum, design, designedly, desire, destination,
   destine, determinateness, determination, determine, determinedness,
   devotion, direction, doggedness, drive, drive at, duty,
   earnestness, effect, end, end use, especially, exactly, expressly,
   firmness, fix, fixed purpose, function, gain, go for, goal, good,
   harbor a design, have every intention, have in mind, have in view,
   idea, immediate purpose, in particular, intend, intendment, intent,
   intention, intentionally, knowingly, long, mark, mean, meaning,
   meditate, mind, mission, motivation, motive, nisus, object,
   objective, obstinacy, office, on purpose, operation,
   operational purpose, outcome, perseverance, persistence, plan,
   point, ponder, practicality, precisely, principle, profit, project,
   proposal, propose, proposition, prospectus, purport,
   purposefulness, purposely, rationale, reason, relentlessness,
   resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, result, role,
   sake, scheme, seal, self-will, seriousness, settle, sincerity,
   single-mindedness, specially, specifically, steadfastness,
   striving, stubbornness, study, take a resolution, target, tenacity,
   think, total commitment, ultimate purpose, use, usefulness,
   utility, view, will, wittingly, work, yearn

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