| 单词 | to purpose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto (the) purpose Phrases P1. a-purpose (also a purpose, o'purpose): = on (also †upon) purpose at Phrases 6. See also of purpose (also †(out) of (a) (set) purpose) at Phrases 5. Cf. a prep.2 Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Ruth ii. 16 If wiþ ȝou sche wil repyn..of ȝoure, forsoþe, handfullys þroweþ o purpose [L. de industria] & suffre ȝee to abidyn stille, þat with oute schame sche gadere. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 1079 Fawnus..Was set oppon a purpose to make his sone leue All his shrewde tacchis. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxiii. f. 298v I went thether a purpose, to knwe the trouthe. 1530 A. Baynton in Palsgr. Introd. 11 He hath willyngly and a purpose..taken..the greattar paynes vpon him. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. K Shees gone a purpose now to cuckold me, With that lewd rascall. View more context for this quotation 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 24 Which had been brought a purpose from Mexico. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 220 I can talk so very well, says he, I came a purpose to talk so. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. x.130 We're all keeping awake, just a-purpose to be ready and handy. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 253 If he had got into such an amazing condition as that a-purpose. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iii. 50 ‘I shouldn't like it if you came home with your collar torn off.’ ‘I don't care, our mother; I never did it a-purpose.’ 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxxiii. 499 Mitchell is freighting his opium to every quarter of the Province, and girls like me are set a-purpose to pox the hapless Indians. 1987 O. S. Card Seventh Son (1988) xi. 158 It was a scary thing to see that the father might have killed his own best-loved child. It wouldn't've been a-purpose, mind you. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > for instance or example for example?a1439 as namely1565 exempli causa1569 exempli gratia1591 e.g.1622 ex. gr.1635 for instance1657 exemp. gratia1667 for the purpose1680 par exemple1801 sample this1998 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies ix. 159 Those that..have entitled themselves to the veneration of posterity; or Catherina Senensis (for the Purpose) that was Sainted by Pius 2. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 55 There is no Prince in Christendom but is directly a Tradesman... For the purpose, I have a Man, I bid him. P3. from the purpose: (in a manner) not relevant to the subject at hand; away from the point. Cf. sense 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wide of (also from) the mark1536 neither off nor on1549 from the purpose1561 from (also out of) the bias1600 from the matter1658 (off) at, in, upon a tangent1825 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. v. f. 33v The similitude wherewith they enuiously presse vs is from the purpose [L. extranea est; Fr. ne vient point icy à propos], for who is so fonde to thinke that the mouing of man differeth nothing from the casting of a stone? a1571 J. Jewel Certaine Serm. (1583) A iij b Let no man thinke these things are impertinent or from the purpose. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiv. 92 He answered him so far from the purpose..like a man that had lost his judgment. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 3 Oct. (1972) VII. 306 J. Mennes..said two or three words from the purpose but to do hurt. 1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage iii. 74 This is all from the Purpose. I was married this Morning at Seven. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 82 That proposition..which, says he, (quite from the purpose) is the sixth, that has been found in the same work. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. iv.154 ‘That is speaking quite from the purpose,’ said her aunt..‘for your marriage with the Count takes places to-morrow, you know, whether you approve it or not.’ 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 102 You are answering from the purpose, sir..speak plainly, will there be five thousand men? 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iii. 21 But this is from the purpose. Polly only thought, at that time, of improving on her successful propitiation of Miss Nipper. 1917 Times 30 Jan. 5/5 Something rises up in us, and says all this is all quite from the purpose of music. a. to be (later also to have it) in purpose: to intend, to be minded to do something. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > intend to do something weenOE willOE thinkOE tightc1300 to be (later also to have it) in purpose1340 tend1340 cast138. reckona1450 aimc1450 willc1450 esteema1533 suspect1629 predeterminea1641 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] > to do something to bear one's heartc1175 to take the wayc1330 to be (later also to have it) in purpose1340 bend1567 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 115 (MED) He is ine wylle and ine porpos uor to uoryeuene mid herte. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 262 How he was in purpos to destroy hys roalm. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. lxxii. f. 52 (MED) Þe grace of oure lord..kepiþ hym fro dedli synne..if he..crieþ after merci and is in purpos speciali for to gainstonde alle swilk lustes fleschli. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 47 The Sawdon was in porpuse to a removyd those pyllers. c1565 R. Copland Seuen Sorowes Women sig. B.iiij She dothe forget hys waywerde folyshnes And dot[h]e performe the tenour of hys wyl And is in purpose hys mynd to fulfyl. a1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1627) 3 We were sometimes in purpose to turn back. 1630 Earl of Manchester in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 271 We are in purpose to have a commission to send Councillors and Judges. 1856 J. H. Newman Office & Work Univ. i. 1 I have it in purpose to commit to paper..various thoughts of my own, seasonable, as I conceive. b. With the design, in order to do something; = on (also †upon) purpose at Phrases 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [phrase] > in order to in purposea1450 because1523 in order to1590 a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) 154 (MED) Euery Pilgryme..toke a-non his hors..Fully in purpoos to come to dynere Vnto Osspryng. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 527 Sir Launcelot had wacched uppon sir Trystram in veary purpose to have felyshipped with hym. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2643 Parys..past into Grese In purpas to pray. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Judgem. (1642–8) ii. xli. 369 They tooke up armes forthwith, in purpose to beat downe his haughtie minde. P5. of purpose (also †(out) of (a) (set) purpose). a. Without following construction: = on (also †upon) purpose at Phrases 6. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wide of (also from) the mark1536 neither off nor on1549 from the purpose1561 from (also out of) the bias1600 from the matter1658 (off) at, in, upon a tangent1825 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xxxviii. 4 Of purpos [L. de industria], forsoþe, he looseþ atwynne þe hondis of þe fiȝteres. 1432 Rolls of Parl. IV. 417/2 There were wont many diverse Shippes..as wele with wynde dryven, as of purpos to come and arryve yn to the saide Havenes. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 78 Alle the doris there were shitte sodenly, as hit were done of purpos. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste Epist. St. Jhon sig. B.iiiiv Who so euer synneth of purpose after the knowledge of trouthe. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiiijv Whiche was thought to be done of a set porpose. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xxvi. 371 A thousand horsemen of Capua, chosen out of purpose for that warre. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 372 They were rivetted into holes fore-prepared of purpose. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 77 He who burns a House..by misgovernance, and not of set purpose. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) Pref. 5 I..of Purpose omitted many. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 122 Let me have the honour of trussing you. Now, observe, I have left several of the points untied, of set purpose. 1889 G. Gissing Nether World I. vii.149 It was of purpose that he caught her eye and regarded her with a gravity she could scarcely fail to comprehend. 1893 Times 22 Apr. 11/6 The whole of the arrangements..have been wrapped up, evidently of set purpose, in a cloud of ambiguities. 1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 143 Challenge delight, of purpose, And you pull Nature's nose. ΚΠ 1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 542 I eete lyek an horse of purpose to eete yow owte at the dorys. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 159 The kyng..withdrew his hoost bak far from the flode side of purpose that his ennemyes shuld suppose he did it of cowardlynes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xviii. (heading) Saul geueth him his doughter of purpose, that the Philistynes mighte destroye him. 1623 J. Howell Let. 27 Mar. in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ (1650) I. iii. xv. 60 [He] went to the Prado, a place hard by, of purpose to take the air. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 167 The Scripture is written in such words as men use, of purpose that they may understand it. 1768 G. Colman Hist. of King Lear iv. 49 Ay, my good lord, 'twas he informed against him, And quit the house of purpose, that their punishment Might have the freer course. P6. on (also †upon) purpose. a. Also on set purpose. By design, as opposed to by chance or accident; purposely, intentionally. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 220 Many men assaile their enimies which vpon set purpose do humble them selues. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 242 A man may liue as quiet in hell, as in a sanctuarie, and people sinne vpon purpose, because they would goe thither. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 436 As if Nature on set purpose mistook her mark, and made her hand to swerve. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. Pref. 4 While one is looked for on set purpose many more will be gained..by-the-by. 1707 tr. G. Morley Two Lett. Janus Ulitius 32 Tertullian speaks not by the by, but on set purpose concerning the Publick and commonly received Forms of Prayer. 1779 T. Jefferson Public Papers 356 Whosoever on purpose, shall disfigure another..shall be maimed or disfigured in like. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 13 They had come out early on purpose. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 229 The pressed men were lashed two and two, with small rope, which had been provided on purpose. 1873 D. Burns Bases Temperance Reform iii. 82 To infer that gentlemen do not get drunk on set purpose..is a conclusion at variance with all the known facts. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey xi. 378 It was almost as if they were all doing it on purpose, like the manufacturers of children's toy farms. 1963 P. De Letter in tr. Prosper of Aquitaine Def. St. Augustine 235 The connection of his name with predestination, which Prosper, on set purpose, leaves out of his document. 1986 J. Viorst Necessary Losses xi. 161 We wouldn't, on purpose, spill borscht on our rival's white dress. 2003 A.-M. MacDonald Way Crow Flies 43 They flew for the fun of it. Getting lost on purpose. b. In order to do something; with the particular design or aim that. Also: expressly for or †to (something). ΚΠ 1589 T. Rogers Hist. Dial. touching Antichrist & Poperie 10 They haue written a booke on purpose to shewe the conformitie betweene Saint Francis and Christ. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage sig. E v They durtie their hose & shoos vpon purpose to make themselves semm countrie colliers. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 38 How stil the euening is, As husht on purpose to grace harmonie. View more context for this quotation 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 130 Upon purpose, that Hee may more solemly vow, and resolve. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 4 Treasur'd up on purpose to a life beyond life. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 166 [He] had thrust himself among our Friends,..on purpose to be sent to Prison with them. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 537 When there is a society pensioned and set apart on purpose for the designing of them. 1770 S. Neville Diary 15 Oct. (1950) iv. 81 He told me that Mrs. Frame and Miss B. Cooper had been with him on purpose to see me. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. x. 241 His mighty black charger, which seemed made on purpose to bear his weight, so easily he paced forward under it. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 251 I may be placed where I am, on purpose that I may render essential help to the cause of God. 1930 S. T. Plaatje Mhudi (1975) 131 Several ‘ringed-heads’ raised their voices on purpose that their words should reach the ears of the king. 1959 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dialects: C908) Track 67 [Kent] They used just to tie these up purpose for baking in these old ovens. 1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 74 You've done this on purpose to upset me. 2001 B. Weeks Curling for Dummies viii. 97/1 Dumping is when you move debris underneath a stone on purpose to make it slow down. P7. to (the) purpose. a. Also †unto purpose. With relevance to the subject or point at issue. to be to (the) purpose (also †to fall to purpose): to be pertinent, apposite, or to the point. Cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentc1390 appliablec1429 relevantc1540 appliant1548 incident1557 relative1579 home1607 effectual1608 ad rem1680 adaptable1718 to the point1817 pointful1898 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentlyc1425 to the matter1534 relevantly1536 pat1578 effectually1581 germanely1823 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 171 (MED) But here it is more to purpos þat poetes feyneþ oon þat was somtyme al ful of eyȝen in eueriche a side and heet Argus. c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 573 He no word wol to that purpos seye. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 954 Of his aventures..Nis nat to purpos for to speke of here. a1450 (a1401) Chastising of God's Children (Bodl.) (1957) 95 (MED) I wole shewe ȝou..remedies, wiþ sum oþer matiers þat liȝtli wol falle to purpos. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 84 (MED) We will shewe some examples to the purpos. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 662 (MED) Vnto [v.rr. Unto our, Unto this] purpos, by cleer experyence Beute wol shewe, thogh hornys wer away. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxiv. 34 As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1576/1 She..receiued him with many apt wordes and thankes, as was most to purpose. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xxv. 201 Secondly, read it how you will, it is not to purpose. 1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 13 Some think I have hardly spoke to the Purpose yet. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 62 I'll tell you a Story to the Purpose. 1763 F. Brooke Hist. Lady Julia Mandeville I. Epistle 49 But what is all this to the purpose, my dear? Now I protest I think it is vastly to the purpose. 1774 'Twas Right to marry Him I. xxvii. 157 All this talking was certainly very reasonable; so much to the purpose, indeed, that I began to look on myself as a consummate coxcomb. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. x. 211 She longed to be able to say something more to the purpose . View more context for this quotation 1868 T. H. Key Philol. Ess. 261 The examples..quoted by Bopp, are at first sight more to the purpose. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 162 Bull, talk which is not to the purpose; ‘hot air’. 1982 ‘E. Peters’ Virgin in Ice i. 11 It is possible that you may have heard from them something which may be to the purpose. b. to one's purpose: useful or serviceable for one's purpose or ends. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > useful [phrase] of (‥) utilityc1440 to one's purpose1565 of use?1591 c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 606 It cam hym to purpos for to reste.] 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare ii. 148 Neither was it any thinge to his purpose, to speake of it. 1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A iijv Tis to his purpose sometimes to deliver you the situation of the Countrey he discourses upon. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1976) IX. 478 Looking over the books there;..[I] did find several things to my purpose. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 42. ⁋7 Caesar's Observation upon our Fore-fathers is very much to our present purpose. 1770 W. Hamilton Let. 16 Oct. in Observ. Vesuvius (1772) 126 I lately found two very good accounts of the phænomena that attended the explosion... I think them very curious, and greatly to my purpose. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 96 He had only to shut his eyes to behold a creature far more to his purpose than the poor girl who stood posturing at forty sous an hour. 1948 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v.107 The peculiarity is not to my present purpose. My point is that there is no spreading impetus in progress thus caused. 1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred iv. xx. 364 More to our purposes perhaps is the situation of the Sami people. c. to purpose: so as to secure the result or effect desired; in an effective manner, effectively. Now chiefly in to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose: to good (great, some, little, no, etc.) effect; with a (good, etc.) result. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccxxiv/1 It is a fayre countre and shall come to you to good purpose [Fr. vous viendra a point], for it marcheth nere to the Realme of Arragone. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvijv In hys opynion a generall counsel shuld be to little porpos. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 127 It was not the great multitude of ships..that could stande them to purpose, against noble harts. 1587 J. White Fourth Voy. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 765 It was to no purpose to touch there in any place, at this voyage. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋6 These..were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 Yet perchance he may get some almes of learning..but nothing to purpose. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 132 I wrote a letter to the best purpose I could. 1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 1 His Letter may be made Publick to Good Purpose. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 169 To snatch the cudgels..to bemawl Yorick to some purpose. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 129 I used to insist on this..but..to no purpose. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 230 Another young draughtsman in Florence, who lessoned me to purpose. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 22 It seemed to me that young Bingo must have boosted me to some purpose. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 769/1 Rousseau's writings, which Starobinski knows so well and has already discussed to such admirable purpose. 2002 C. D. Ringwald Soul of Recovery x. 243 An addict must become who he or she really is in order to live to good purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [phrase] > in order that for thatc1175 to that that1502 to purpose that1582 in order that1671 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. vii. 17 This was done, to purpose, that uppon Sunday, they would heare Masse on lande,..and receiue the Sacrament. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) ii. iii. 389 Yelping Begles..might be slipt, to purpose; that (for sport) Watt might haue law, neither too-long nor short. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equivalent amountc1390 to pass for (also as)1463 to come to one purpose1489 weigh1529 to pass muster1573 parallel1626 tantamount1628 to come to the same1643 coextenda1711 muster1820 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 263 To stand agayne thar fayis mycht,..And ay think to cum to purpos. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Miiiiv It maketh nothing to thys matter, whether yow saye that sickenes is a griefe, or that in sickenes is griefe, for all cummeth to one purpose. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Civv I haue begonne this order or rule, first with the Pedestale, (..Vitruuius..beginneth first with the pillor, neuertheles they come to one purpose in the parfection). ΚΠ a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 1057 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 30 Thoucht gret riches..Be lyk for to mak the latinge To bring to purpos thin etlynge. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 2544 I thought I had a little thing To purpose if I might it bring. to purpose c. to purpose: so as to secure the result or effect desired; in an effective manner, effectively. Now chiefly in to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose: to good (great, some, little, no, etc.) effect; with a (good, etc.) result. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > efficacious [phrase] unto purposea1387 of availc1450 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 to (the) purpose1525 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. ccxxiv/1 It is a fayre countre and shall come to you to good purpose [Fr. vous viendra a point], for it marcheth nere to the Realme of Arragone. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvijv In hys opynion a generall counsel shuld be to little porpos. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 127 It was not the great multitude of ships..that could stande them to purpose, against noble harts. 1587 J. White Fourth Voy. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 765 It was to no purpose to touch there in any place, at this voyage. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋6 These..were worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 Yet perchance he may get some almes of learning..but nothing to purpose. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 132 I wrote a letter to the best purpose I could. 1718 Free-thinker No. 59. 1 His Letter may be made Publick to Good Purpose. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 169 To snatch the cudgels..to bemawl Yorick to some purpose. 1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne vii. 129 I used to insist on this..but..to no purpose. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 230 Another young draughtsman in Florence, who lessoned me to purpose. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ii. 22 It seemed to me that young Bingo must have boosted me to some purpose. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 769/1 Rousseau's writings, which Starobinski knows so well and has already discussed to such admirable purpose. 2002 C. D. Ringwald Soul of Recovery x. 243 An addict must become who he or she really is in order to live to good purpose. < as lemmas |
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