Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purposed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Purposing}.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See {Propose}.]
   1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]

   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.