PURPOSE (2)

purpose (2). Purpose, v.t. to intend, design, mean, resolve

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Pur″pose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purposing.] [[OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]] 1. 1. To set forth; to bring forward.
2. 2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; — often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause. Chaucer.
Did nothing purpose against the state. Shak. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. Macaulay.