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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
purpose .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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Odds & Ends, Bits & Pieces is a beautiful four-piece furniture set made entirely out of re-purposed materials.
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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
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It was a long march, which was fine though, as he purposed to arrive late.
Masdy's Silver dj barber 2011
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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.
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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
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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.
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Instrumentalist is a many-purposed word for many player-types.
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