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- verb Present participle of
purpose .
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Examples
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My parents still recycle more than anyone else I know, just because reusing or re-purposing is cheaper.
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… Its origin and purposing is not at this point known.
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… Its origin and purposing is not at this point known.
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It hath reached me, O auspicious King, the director, the right-guiding, lord of the rede which is benefiting and of deeds fair-seeming and worthy celebrating, that the Sultan fell upon the Sharper with his sword purposing to slay him; but the Chamberlains and the Eunuchs prevented him saying, "O our lord, kill him not until his falsehood or his fact shall have been made manifest to thee."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Some, in fact, do see this "purposing" as a kind of given - that we fit into a plan God has already designed for us (predestination).
Muti 2010
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What sort of changes are you purposing that will allow me to afford health care now that I'm unemployed?
Health Care Costs Today rabid1st 2009
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Instead of purposing a coherent foreign policy, the Egyptian government is using Israel as a political football to distract and placate the masses in the short-term, at the expense of its long-term interests.
Alon Ben-Meir: Is This What the Revolution Was All About? Alon Ben-Meir 2011
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We need the regulatory relief this summer before school starts, instead of a new bureaucratic process that the Department of Education is purposing that could take many months to create.
Anne L. Bryant: What's the Best Way to Run Our Public Schools? Anne L. Bryant 2011
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The book also has lots of information on sustainable living, recipes, craft projects, and information on DIY greening like re-purposing old clothes or making your own beauty products.
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I am a great believer in second-hand for clothing, and feel good re-purposing things, like making cloth bags or fun throw pillows out of favourite, outgrown t-shirts.
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