单词 | purpose-like |
释义 | purpose-likeadj. 1. Originally and chiefly Scottish. That appears suitable or fit for a purpose. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 284 Deuisit and dytit be wis clerkis and men of counsale, and expert jn the lawis and purpos lyke. 1602 A. Hume Diduction True & Catholik Meaning 74 Had they [sc. these words] not beene as purpose-like, as the words which I haue answered page 40. 1685 J. Durham Heaven upon Earth iv. 64 He having been praying, and the thing looking so rational and purpose-like, was perswaded that he was right. 1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 16 A purpose-like person..a person seemingly well qualified for any particular business. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 169 [She] should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o' them could gi'e him. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ii. 31 Mrs Dods..seeing what she called a decent, purpose-like body. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. vii. 85 To use a Scotch word, every thing looked more ‘purposelike’. The country carts had more iron, and less wood and leather about the horse-gear. 1874 R. Lowell Antony Brade iv. 41 Proving himself more serviceable and purpose-like. 1985 Conc. Scots Dict. 528/2 Purpose-like,..neat, tidy, methodical, efficient. 2. Having a definite purpose; purposeful. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intending or purposing > purposeful purposed1530 purpose-like1604 purposeful1856 1604 F. Bacon Apol. 60 [She] turned away from me with express and purpose-like discountenance. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 315 In conversation no speaker could be more absolutely clear and purpose-like [than Browning]. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) ii. iii. 180 It did us good to see her scour the grounds, examining the plants and chickens; watering, feeding, trimming them; taking angry, purpose-like possession. 1981 Jrnl. Relig. 61 303 The changes undergone by the ‘plastic matter’ of an egg are rapid, yet steady and purposelike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1485 |
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