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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
purposive
    adj 1: having or showing or acting with a purpose or design;
           "purposive behavior"
    2: having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: goal-directed,
       purposive]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Purposive \Pur"po*sive\, a.
   Having or indicating purpose or design. "Purposive
   characters." --Bastian.
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         Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen.
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         It is impossible that the frog should perform actions
         morepurposive than these.                --Huxley.
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