Reverse Dictionary: PURPOSE

ADJECTIVES
► AGNOMICAL belonging to the absence of set purpose or intention → 1881 obs.
► AIMFUL full of aim or purpose → 1726
► SINGLE-MINDED having but one aim or purpose → 1860

NOUNS
► ACHESOUN occasion, reason, purpose, motive → c1330 obs.
► ATTENT purpose, intention → a1250 obs.
► BENT that towards which an action, etc. is directed; aim, purpose, intention → 1579 obs.
► BY-VIEW selfish or private view; self-interested aim or purpose → 1706 obs.
► CAST device, purpose, design, aim → c1325 obs.
► DESIGNMENT a purpose which one intends to do → 1570
► HEART intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire → c825 obs.
► INDRAUGHT a purpose or object in view → 1866 Sc.
► ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad → 1887 Eng. dial.
► LEVEL aim, purpose, design → a1592 obs.
► OBTENT purpose, intent → 1430-50 obs.
► SCRAN ability; means of effecting a purpose → 1806 Sc.
► SINGULARITY singleness of aim or purpose → a1340 obs.

PHRASES
► ALL IS FISH THAT COMES TO NET all serves the purpose → 1670 colloq.

VERBS
► ADVISE to devise, to purpose → c1340 obs.
► BUY THE BABY NEW SHOES ► BUY THE BABY SHOES to act in a purposeful manner → 20C US sl.
► ETTLE to intend, to propose, to have in mind, to purpose → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.