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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Purpose \Pur"pose\, verb (used with an object) [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.