purpose

purpose
I. n.
1.
Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.
2.
Design, project, plan, intention.
3.
Sense, meaning, purport.
4.
End, effect, consequence.
5.
Question, subject-matter in hand.
II. v. a.
Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self, harbor a design, contemplate, determine upon.
III. v. n.
Intend, design, mean, have in mind, determine, resolve.

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