Definition of purpose

• n. - That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
• n. - Proposal to another; discourse.
• n. - Instance; example.
• v. t. - To set forth; to bring forward.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.