ˈpurposed, ppl. a.
(-əst)
[f. purpose v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Done or made of set purpose; intentional.
| 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 84 Nocht be deliberacioun of purposit vertu. 1494 Fabyan Chron. v. cxvi. 91 That this chylde was slayne by poyson, or by some other purposyd malice. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. (1882) ii. 13 Although it be wilfull and purposed murther. 1605 Willet Hexapla Gen. 403 Much lesse was it a purposed lie. 1656–7 Burton Diary (1828) I. 333 To..make the people believe it was only a purposed plot to try men's spirits. 1865 Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 31 There was..a purposed vagueness in the first edition. |
b. Proposed to be done or attained; intended; aimed at.
| 1474 Coventry Leet Bk. 409 To serue vs, in the same oure viage & purposed enterprise. 1570 Dee Math. Pref. 15 The purposed, chief, and perfect vse of Geometrie. 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia 110 Prouiding pales, posts and railes, to impale his purposed new town. 1718 Rowe tr. Lucan ix. 564 Forc'd round and round, she quits her purpos'd Way. 1877 M. Arnold Rugby Chapel, We, we have chosen our path—Path to a clear-purposed goal. |
2. Possessed with a purpose; having a settled object. (Cf. purpose v. 3 c.)
| 1530 Palsgr. 321/2 Purposed or full set upon a purpose, resolu. 1894 W. J. Dawson Making Manhood 39 The surrendered soul is the purposed soul. |
Hence † ˈpurposedly adv. = purposely 1.
| 1548 Record Urin. Physick Pref. 1, I will wittingly, and purposedly passe them over. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 178 The Capitol being set on fire, whether casually, or purposedly, it was not knowne. 1796 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 6 The real motive was purposedly kept out of sight. |