2. Adjective. (rare) Having a purpose or aim; determined. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (past of purpose) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purposed
1. purpose [v] - See also: purpose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purposed
Literary usage of Purposed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"An insult of this kind seems to be shown in the following passage : And for the
rest of your money, I sent it to one This seems the purposed insult of a ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1864)
"... which he purposed in himself,' speaking of the Father, that therefore it should
be improper to say the same of Christ, which yet we find, Eph. iii. ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked ; preserve me from the violent
man ; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. me. Selah. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"when asked if he purposed violence to the shrine, repudiated as the grossest
insult the idea that he could desecrate the place where rests the spirit of' ..."
5. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"I can hardly write at all, my hand shakes so, and I cannot think of anything
else ; and yet I had purposed to send dear Dorothy some account of her family ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... commerce, and all other lines of human endeavour; the Encyclopedists purposed
moreover to prepare the future and indicate the way to further progress. ..."
7. Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott (1827)
"seemed to say, " There Vanity had purposed to fix her seat, but was anticipated
by Poverty." To the inside, after many a vain summons, I was at length ..."
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