Purpose /(?)/

Pur·pose

Purpose

n.
  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.
    He will his firste purpos modify.
    As my eternal purpose hath decreed.
    The flighty purpose never is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it.
  2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.]
  3. Instance; example. [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds
In purpose
with previous design; with the mind directed to that object; intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.

Purpose

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Purposing

  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.
    Did nothing purpose against the state.
    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.

Purpose

v. i.
  1. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.]