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ˈpurposed, ppl. a.|-əst|
[f. purpose v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Done or made of set purpose; intentional.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 84 Nocht be deliberacioun of purposit vertu. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxvi. 91 That this chylde was slayne by poyson, or by some other purposyd malice. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1882) ii. 13 Although it be wilfull and purposed murther. 1605Willet Hexapla Gen. 403 Much lesse was it a purposed lie. 1656–7Burton Diary (1828) I. 333 To..make the people believe it was only a purposed plot to try men's spirits. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 31 There was..a purposed vagueness in the first edition.
b. Proposed to be done or attained; intended; aimed at.
1474Coventry Leet Bk. 409 To serue vs, in the same oure viage & purposed enterprise. 1570Dee Math. Pref. 15 The purposed, chief, and perfect vse of Geometrie. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia 110 Prouiding pales, posts and railes, to impale his purposed new town. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan ix. 564 Forc'd round and round, she quits her purpos'd Way. 1877M. Arnold Rugby Chapel, We, we have chosen our path—Path to a clear-purposed goal.
2. Possessed with a purpose; having a settled object. (Cf. purpose v. 3 c.)
1530Palsgr. 321/2 Purposed or full set upon a purpose, resolu. 1894W. J. Dawson Making Manhood 39 The surrendered soul is the purposed soul.
Hence † ˈpurposedly adv. = purposely 1.
1548Record Urin. Physick Pref. 1, I will wittingly, and purposedly passe them over. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 178 The Capitol being set on fire, whether casually, or purposedly, it was not knowne. 1796Hist. in Ann. Reg. 6 The real motive was purposedly kept out of sight. |