purposed
adjUK /ˈpəːpəst/
Etymology From purpose + -ed.
1
Intentional, deliberate.
- to interrupt the course of his continuall happinesse, and to recompence it, [he] cast the richest and most precious jewell he had into the Sea, deeming that by this purposed [translating aposté] mishap he should satisfie the revolution and vicissitude of fortune[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2
Rare Having a purpose or aim; determined.
- O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy:
- Derived terms
- multipurposed, purposedly, unpurposed