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单词 purposing
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purposingn.

Brit. /ˈpəːpəsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərpəsɪŋ/
Forms: see purpose v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purpose v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < purpose v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier purpose n.In of their purposing after post-classical Latin ex proposito suo (Vulgate, in the passage translated in quot. c1384); compare of purpose at purpose n. Phrases 5.
Now rare.
The action of purpose v.; design, planning; meaning, intention; an instance of this.of their purposing: at their discretion (obsolete).
ΚΠ
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. viii. 30 Ȝif..thei shuln woln for to putte eny thing to, or do awey, thei shuln do of her purposyng [a1425 L.V. comyn assent; L. ex proposito suo].
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvii. 153 (MED) They..be here fals purposing..beheveded On Aftyr Anothir.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) 326 (MED) Even as it was in purposynge, Right so was it aftir I-do.
a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 89 Ȝif eny do fornicacion..with a womman..al be þe wommanus sterynge and noȝt of his owene purposynge or deliberacion, then is myche lasse penaunce for to be enioyned vnto hym.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvii. sig. L.ii In the shoutig [sic] of his arrow of pryde, therby diuerse purposinges & appointmentes.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Designation, a purposing or contriving.
a1700 C. Ellis Self-deceiver plainly Discover’d (1731) xi. 197 All our pretended purposings to serve God hereafter, are mere mockeries.
1991 New Scientist (BNC) 16 Feb. As a good biologist, Birch begins with life, with what we directly know of feeling, living, purposing and choosing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

purposingadj.

Brit. /ˈpəːpəsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərpəsɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purpose v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < purpose v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier purposing n.
That has a purpose in mind; that plans, schemes, designs, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intending or purposing
wilful1340
meaning1498
purposing1532
intended1576
intending1660
intendant1884
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxi v The vnder hydde malyce and the rancoure of purposynge enuye.
1691 R. Baxter End of Doctrinal Controv. 50 Before Things are Any-things a purposing and fore-seeing Agent may make Names and Notions for them before the things.
a1694 E. Polhill Divine Will Considered (1695) ix. 388 As the purposing Principle makes a man a spiritual Levite, so the resting Principle gives a man an inheritance in God.
1736 J. Gill Cause God & Truth II. i. 21 What accords with the secret and purposing will of God , is a disobedience to his revealed and commanding will.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. iv. 127 Plainly the result of purposing will effecting its ends.
1880 Mind 5 34 Actions based on a purposing volition seem to the agent to be based on what on the time is not, namely, on his state.
1913 L. T. Hobhouse Devel. & Purpose ii. v. 335 To the surrounding conditions, we ought to add those which go to make up and determine the nature of the purposing mind itself.
1989 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 19 Apr. Recognition of a purposeful creation by a purposing Creator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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