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on purpose
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on purpose
(encz) | on purpose,záměrně Rostislav Svoboda |
On purpose
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, n. [OF. purpos, pourpos, propos, L.
propositum. See Propound.]
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be
reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view
is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim;
design; intention; plan.
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He will his firste purpos modify. --Chaucer.
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As my eternal purpose hath decreed. -- Milton.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook
Unless the deed go with it. --Shak.
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2. Proposal to another; discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Instance; example. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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In purpose, Of purpose, On purpose, with previous
design; with the mind directed to that object;
intentionally. On purpose is the form now generally used.
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Syn: design; end; intention; aim. See Design.
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on purpose
(wn) | on purpose
adv 1: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that
word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn:
intentionally, deliberately, designedly, {on
purpose}, purposely, advisedly, by choice, {by
design}] [ant: accidentally, by chance,
circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally] |
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on purpose
(encz) | on purpose,schválně on purpose,záměrně Rostislav Svoboda |
on purpose
(wn) | on purpose
adv 1: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that
word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn:
intentionally, deliberately, designedly, {on
purpose}, purposely, advisedly, by choice, {by
design}] [ant: accidentally, by chance,
circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally] |
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