- 1. a. Having or indicating purpose or design. Source: opted
- 2. adj. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. having a purpose Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 s. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design Source: ecdict
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