单词 | purposed |
释义 | purposedadj. 1. a. Done or created on purpose; intentional, deliberate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention bethoughtc1200 expressa1400 wilfula1400 purposedc1422 purpensed1436 malice prepensed1454 aforethought1472 studiedc1475 setc1485 voluntary1495 deliberate?1527 willing1550 witting1553 propensed1560 fore-intendeda1586 affected1586 designed1586 determinate1586 intended1592 deliberated1594 uncasual1614 recollecteda1616 resolved1624 industriousa1628 intentionate1631 pre-intended1636 advised1642 malice prepense1647 sedentary1647 propense1650 consultive1651 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 conscious1726 intentionala1729 systematic1746 studious1750 systematical1750 prepensive1752 advertent1832 self-conscious1832 volitive1839 designful1852 purposeful1853 purposive1864 thought-controlled1926 c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 390 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 153 The Emperice Hire chyld had slayn of purposid malice. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 79 Nocht be deliberacioun of purposit vertu. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C5 Although it be wilfull and purposed murther. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 403 Much lesse was it a purposed lie. 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 333 To..make the people believe it was only a purposed plot to try men's spirits. 1761 H. Brooke Earl of Essex i. 9 I've therefore sent him Commands of purpos'd chiding, that enjoin Quick reparation. 1806 R. Cumberland Hint to Husbands ii. iii. 40 Examine well How far, though innocent of purpos'd ill, I..may have brought upon me The loss of his affections. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 31 There was..a purposed vagueness in the first edition. 1926 G. W. S. Friedrichsen Gothic Version of Gospels ix. 145 The alteration to manwiþo in the Argentean text is either a simple scribal error, or a purposed revision. 2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 23 June 6 j I've made it a purposed decision to avoid the stores that show this. b. Proposed to be done or attained; intended; aimed at. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intended or purposed purposed?a1425 pretenced1543 pretended1573 meditated1588 meant1590 intended1592 contemplated1657 intending1788 would-be1813 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. ii. 85 Now hastow thanne byforn thyne eien almest al the purposede forme of the welefulnesse of mankynde. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 59 (MED) Þe purposid dede may not be doon riȝtli bi douȝtines. a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 409 We haue, and yit be, largely required and encouraged..in the same oure viage & purposed enterprise. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij The purposed, chief, and perfect vse of Geometrie. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 110 Prouiding pales, posts and railes, to impale his purposed new town. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Distance..in Navigation..signifies the number of Degrees, Leagues, &c., that a Ship has sail'd from any purposed point; or the Distance in Degrees, Leagues, &c., of any two Places. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 564 Forc'd round and round, she quits her purpos'd Way. 1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 151 Your purposed re-trip to Lichfield..will, I trust, be realized. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 12 All his purposed railleries deserted him. 1881 E. H. Hickey Sculptor 48 That cause deferr'd His purpos'd vengeance on Demagoras. 1923 Harvard Law Rev. 36 1025 History affords little light as to the purposed extent of the Amendment's operation. 1959 Philos. Sci. 26 281 We all know from our own sad experience that one may do something, p, in order to bring about another thing, q, and that nevertheless, the purposed q may still fail to materialize. 1989 Independent (BNC) 12 Oct. Kerrigan has a keyed-up, visionary quality which..manages to see beyond them by an act of moral imagination to the purposed end. 2. Characterized by having purpose or a purpose; having a deliberate aim. Cf. purpose v. 5c. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intending or purposing > purposeful purposed1530 purpose-like1604 purposeful1856 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 321/2 Purposed or full set upon a purpose, resolu. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Satire Ancients in Wks. (1730) I. 16 Some modell'd them [sc. Satires] into a purposed form to act at the end of their Comedies. 1894 W. J. Dawson Making of Manhood 39 The surrendered soul is the purposed soul. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 42 The substitution of purposed for unpurposed progress is itself a step in progress. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences i. iv. 16 The material of interpretation and of judgement is..provided by artists. It is their maquettes and sketches,..their letters and journals..which make accessible to us the incipience of purposed form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1422 |
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