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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Purposive  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purposive 
  adj  1:  having  or  showing  or  acting  with  a  purpose  or  design; 
  "purposive  behavior" 
  2:  having  a  purpose;  "purposive  behavior"  [syn:  {goal-directed}] 




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