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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design;
- Example: "purposive behavior"

2. having a purpose;
- Example: "purposive behavior"
[syn: goal-directed, purposive]



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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WordNet (r) 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]