What is the meaning of PURPOSE. Phrases containing PURPOSE
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A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2.
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v. i.
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
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A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.
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To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
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Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
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Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
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Having no purpose or result; objectless.
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In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.
v. i.
The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
v. t.
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.
n.
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
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One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
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The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
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A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.
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A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
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A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish white color, used for ornamental purposes.
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The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.
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