purposive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
    • purposive behavior
  2. adjective satellite having a purpose
    goal-directed.
    • purposive behavior

WordNet

Pur"po*sive adjective
Definitions
  1. Having or indicating purpose or design. "Purposive characters." Bastian.
    Purposive modification of structure in a bone. Owen.
    It is impossible that the frog should perform actions morepurposive than these. Huxley.

Webster 1913