Pur″po‐sive (?), a. Having or indicating purpose or design. “Purposive characters.” Bastian.
Purposive modification of structure in a bone. Owen.
It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these. Huxley.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Pur″po‐sive (?), a. Having or indicating purpose or design. “Purposive characters.” Bastian.
Purposive modification of structure in a bone. Owen.
It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these. Huxley.