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Webster Dictionary :: Purpose

PUR'POSE, n. [L. propositum, propono; pro, before,and pono, to set or place.] 1....

Webster Dictionary :: Purporting

PUR'PORTING, ppr. Designing; intending; importing.

Webster Dictionary :: Purported

PUR'PORTED, pp. Designed; intended; meant.

Webster Dictionary :: Purport

PUR'PORT, n. 1. Design or tendency; as the purport of Plato's dialogue. 2. Meani...

Webster Dictionary :: Purplish

PUR'PLISH, a. Somewhat purple.

Webster Dictionary :: Purples

PUR'PLES,n. plu. Spots of a livid red on the body; livid eruptions which appear ...

Webster Dictionary :: Purple

PUR'PLE, a. [L. purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.] ...

Webster Dictionary :: Purparty

PUR'PARTY, n. In law, a share, part or portion of an estate, which is allotted t...

Webster Dictionary :: Purloining

PURLOIN'ING, ppr. Stealing; committing literary theft. PURLOIN'ING , n. Theft; p...

Webster Dictionary :: Purloiner

PURLOIN'ER, n. A thief; a plagiary.

Webster Dictionary :: Purloined

PURLOIN'ED, pp. Stolen; taken by plagiarism.

Webster Dictionary :: Purloin

PURLOIN', v.t. 1. Literally, to take or carry away for one's self; hence, to ste...

Webster Dictionary :: Purling

PURL'ING, ppr. [from purl.] Murmuring or gurgling, as a brook. PURL'ING , n. The...

Webster Dictionary :: Purlin

PUR'LIN, n. In architecture, a piece of timber extending from end to end of a bu...

Webster Dictionary :: Purlieu

PURLIEU, n. pur'lu. A border; a limit; a certain limited extent or district; ori...

Webster Dictionary :: Purl

PURL, n. [supposed to be contracted from purfle.] 1. An embroidered and puckered...

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