English Dictionary: purposive | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for purposive | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purposive \Pur"po*sive\, a. Having or indicating purpose or design. [bd]Purposive characters.[b8] --Bastian. Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen. It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these. --Huxley. |