2. Verb. (third-person singular of purpose) ¹
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Definition of Purposes
1. purpose [v] - See also: purpose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purposes
Literary usage of Purposes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"For purposes of navigation they may embrace large areas, like one of the great
oceans or seas, delineating the conformation of the shores and outlying ..."
2. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"purposes of valuation. This treatise is concerned only with valuations made for
governmental purposes by official appraisers, commissions or courts. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"lu au English case,1 where lands were conveyed to a railway company, it was held
that they could ouly be used for railway purposes, and that the use of a ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"RUBBER CUSHIONS FOR SURGICAL purposes. BY HOWARD A. KELLY, ... It permits the
free use of water for douching purposes ; drains all blood and water from the ..."
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