Having an aim or purpose; having an end in view; purposeful.
Accomplishing some end; functional; useful in animal or vegetable economy: applied in biology to parts and organs which are not rudimentary or vestigial, and may therefore be regarded as teleological.
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adjective.
Having or indicating purpose or design.
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adjective.
having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
adjective.
having a purpose
Word Usage
"There is, moreover, a scientific view and method regarding what he calls the purposive view which he overlooks entirely, and which by emphasis of the causal, makes seemingly impossible."