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Having or indicating purpose or design.

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  1. a. Having or indicating purpose or design.
  2. adj. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
  3. adj. having a purpose
  4. 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.
  5. 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 morepurposivethan these. Huxley.
  6. j:100 s. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design