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单词 purposer
释义

purposern.

Brit. /ˈpəːpəsə/, U.S. /ˈpərpəsər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purpose v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < purpose v. + -er suffix1. With sense 2 compare Middle French, French proposeur (see proposer n.).
1. A person who has a purpose; esp. a person who intends or plans a particular thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > one who intends or purposes
purposerc1475
intendera1535
aimer1588
pretender1591
pretendant1598
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 59 (MED) Whanne euer a difficultee risiþ..to þe purposer forto worche eny vertuose dede, he may wel ynouȝe do his purpos..bi vertu of douȝtines.
1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. f. 3b He accused also to haue bene the chief conspirater, and purposer of his death.
1670 W. Smith Spiritual Prospective Glass 17 It was a noble spirit in Gamalliel that moved him to stand up in the Councell when they were purposing to slay the Apostles, and there to give his advice to stop the fury of the purposers.
1731 A. Hill Athelwold iv. 47 So kind a Purposer, as Athelwold, Means much, he leaves imperfect.
1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 23 The bloody Purposer of determined Vengeance.
1841 T. Arnold Lect. Mod. Hist. (1842) Inaug. 5 Perhaps I ought not to press the word ‘purpose’; because purpose implies consciousness in the purposer.
1884 American 8 344 The persistent determination of its purposers.
1937 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 10 522 The artisan has ceased to be the purposer and planner of his work.
1984 Polit. Theory 12 171 Hacking praises Foucault for having stepped beyond the old conception of subjectivity, which required all purposefulness in history to have a purposer.
2006 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. b21 This way urges us to consider the purposefulness of life, then to rationally..conclude that such purpose implies a purposer, a designer, a telos.
2. A person who states a proposition or propounds a question or argument. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > one who puts forward
purposer1481
propounder1561
proponerc1580
proposer1585
proponent1588
mover1604
Marxoid1987
1481 W. Caxton in tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) Table of Contents sig. a1v How Caton was lerned in the lawe, a pledar & a purposer in the courtys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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