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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of purpose.

Etymologies

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From purpose +‎ -ed.

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Examples

  • We can recognize that all along in the book we have really been talking about a class of systems: a class I will call purposed systems.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • And it may be a question whether 'purposed' or 'accomplished' is the special meaning to be attached to the general word 'made.'

    Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • Located in the Guatemalan city of San Juan Comalapa, where there is no existing trash system, Long Way Home has teamed with locals and North American volunteers to build a school out of re-purposed waste such as car tires and bottles.

    Paul Lamb: The School that Garbage Built (VIDEO) Paul Lamb 2010

  • Odds & Ends, Bits & Pieces is a beautiful four-piece furniture set made entirely out of re-purposed materials.

    Rebecca Paul | Inhabitat 2010

  • Located in the Guatemalan city of San Juan Comalapa, where there is no existing trash system, Long Way Home has teamed with locals and North American volunteers to build a school out of re-purposed waste such as car tires and bottles.

    Paul Lamb: The School that Garbage Built (VIDEO) Paul Lamb 2010

  • It was a long march, which was fine though, as he purposed to arrive late.

    Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011

  • These self-contained quadrilateral wonders are the perfect modular building unit; easily transported, super durable, and, with over 700,000 containers being abandoned per year in U.S. ports, in need dire need of being re-purposed.

    Haily Zaki | Inhabitat 2010

  • In the long run, it won't be the HALT Act -- legislation purposed by Rep. Lamar Smith that would suspend the administration's ability to exercise certain discretionary forms of immigration protections and relief -- that causes the loss of executive branch authority in immigration.

    Mary Giovagnoli: Like Previous Administrations, Obama Is Using Existing Laws to Improve our Immigration System Mary Giovagnoli 2011

  • The New California Craftsmen have begun to make a name for themselves on theLos Angeles design scene, thinking up one-of-a-kind creations made from re-purposed scraps and found materials.

    Rebecca Paul | Inhabitat 2010

  • Instrumentalist is a many-purposed word for many player-types.

    A Child’s View of Music « You Got to be Kidding's Blog 2009

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