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purposing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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.
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