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PUR'PORTED, pp. Designed; intended; meant.
PUR'PORTING, ppr. Designing; intending; importing.
PUR'POSE, n. [L. propositum, propono; pro, before,and pono, to set or place.] 1....
PUR'POSED, pp. Intended; designed; applied to things. 1. Resolved; having formed...
PUR'POSELESS, a. Having no effect. [Little used.]
PUR'POSELY, adv. by design; intentionally; with predetermination. In composing t...
PUR'PRESTURE, n. In law, a nuisance, consisting in an inclosure of or encroachme...
PUR'PRISE, n. A close or inclosure; also, the whole compass of a manor.
PUR'PURATE, n. A compound of purpuric acid and a salifiable base.
PUR'PURE, n. In heraldry, purple, represented in engraving by diagonal lines.
PUR'PURIC, a. Purpuric acid is produced by the action of nitric acid upon the li...
PURR, v.i. To murmur as a cat. [See Pur .] PURR , n. A sea lark.
PURRE, n. Cyderkin or perkin; the liquor made by steeping the gross matter of pr...
PUR'RING, ppr. Murmuring as a cat.
PUR'ROCK, n. [for paddock or parrock, park.] A small enclosure.
PURSE, n. purs. [L. byrsa, an ox hide; Gr. id.] 1. A small bag in which money is...