| Pronunciation: | | 'purpusiv
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- [adj] having a purpose; "purposive behavior"
- [adj] having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior"
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| | Synonyms: | | goal-directed, nonrandom, purposeful |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pur"po*sive\, a.
Having or indicating purpose or design. ``Purposive
characters.'' --Bastian.
Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen.
It is impossible that the frog should perform actions
morepurposive than these. --Huxley.
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