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purposed

UK/ˈpəːpəst/

purposed adjective: intentional, deliberate. Also the simple past and past participle of purpose.

Adjective

purposed (comparative more purposed, superlative most purposed)

  1. Intentional, deliberate.
    • to interrupt the course of his continuall happinesse, and to recompence it, [he] cast the richest and most precious jewell he had into the Sea, deeming that by this purposed [translating aposté] mishap he should satisfie the revolution and vicissitude of fortune[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (rare) Having a purpose or aim; determined.
    • O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots
      Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom
      Whence by what way how purposed art thou come
      To this well-nightingaled vicinity?1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy

Also used as

purposed is also the simple past and past participle of purpose.

Forms of purposed

comparativemore purposed
superlativemost purposed

Origin of purposed

From purpose + -ed.

Words formed from purposed

Questions about purposed

What does purposed mean?
Purposed means intentional, deliberate.
What part of speech is purposed?
Purposed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce purposed?
Purposed is pronounced /ˈpəːpəst/ (UK).

Words near purposed in the dictionary

  1. purpose statement
  2. purpose statements
  3. purpose-built
  4. purpose-like
  5. purpose-made
  6. purposed
  7. purposedly
  8. purposeful
  9. purposeful availment
  10. purposefully
  11. purposefulness

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