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▪ I. ˈpurposing, vbl. n. [f. purpose v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb purpose; designing, planning; meaning, intention.
c1400Sowdone Bab. 326 Even as it was in purposynge, Right so was it aftir I-do. c1450Lovelich Grail xlvii. 153 Thus, be here fals purposing,..[they] beheveded On Aftyr Anothir, As wel the soster as the brother. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. ii. Wks. 1199/2 In the shooting of this arowe of pryde, ther be diuers purposinges and apoyntinges. ▪ II. ˈpurposing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That purposes; having a purpose; designing.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. vi. (Skeat) l. 73 The rancoure of purposinge enuie. 1835Chalmers Nat. Theol. I. ii. i. 223 A living and purposing agent who moulded the forms. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. iv. (1852) 92 Plainly the result of purposing will effecting its ends. |