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Cross-purpose
Cross-purpose Cross"-pur`pose (-p?r`p?s), n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. --Shaftesbury. 2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. --Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
Dispurpose
Dispurpose Dis*pur"pose, v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] --A. Brewer.
Purpose
Purpose Pur"pose, v. i. To have a purpose or intention; to discourse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Purposedly
Purposedly Pur"posed*ly, adv. In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely. A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.
Purposeful
Purposeful Pur"pose*ful, a. Important; material. ``Purposeful accounts.' --Tylor. -- Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
Purposefully
Purposeful Pur"pose*ful, a. Important; material. ``Purposeful accounts.' --Tylor. -- Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.
Purposeless
Purposeless Pur"pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
Purposelessness
Purposeless Pur"pose*less, a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. --Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
Purposely
Purposely Pur"pose*ly, adv. With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly. In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. --Atterbury. So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. --Pope.
Purposer
Purposer Pur"pos*er, n. 1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. [Obs.] 2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
Purposive
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.
To be at cross-purposes
Cross-purpose Cross"-pur`pose (-p?r`p?s), n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. --Shaftesbury. 2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. --Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

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- with pork's fat and black pepper). Nowadays the old typical 'o broro 'e purpo (octopus broth) has become extremely rare to find. A few decades ago, street...
- ****ociation". Psychiatrist's Interviews With Kaczynski May Serve a Dual Purpos "CNN.com - Transcripts". edition.cnn.com. "Sacramento County Sheriff's Department...
- members was: We the undersigned uniting ourselves in a party for the laudable purpos [sic] of arresting thievs [sic] & murderers & recovering stollen [sic] property...
- This was told to my Lord Chaunceler this fornoon ... messengers as come of purpos owt of the same ****re". His heir to Poughill was Roger Prouz (alias Prouse)...
- 1836) Pietro Ig****o Marolda, C.SS.R. (19 May 1837 – 15 Mar 1842) Raffaele Purpo (3 Apr 1843 – 23 Dec 1876) Gennaro de Vivo (23 Dec 1876 – 15 Feb 1893) Michele...
- Fisheries, Appropriating The Amount Of Three Hundred Thousand Pesos For The Purpo". The Corpus Juris. 1950-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-02-04...