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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1520-1535
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Purposing, -yng, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. purposyng(e (c1400), -ing.] Designing, intending; also, meaning. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii 712 (D).
It plesed to Pryame … As wnwittand thar purposyng Of the Gregeois fals spekynges c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Tim. iii 10.
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