Purpose and Try

Purpose

Purpose verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now

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Try and purpose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Purpose" as a verb or a noun.

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Purpose and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead the word "Try" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good purpose	good try
special	special purpose	special try
normal	normal purpose	normal try
usual	usual purpose	usual try
Other adjectives: common, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, practical, new, major, religious, general, possible, final, less.

purpose death

try death

Grushnitsky: Grushnitsky's friends persuade him to miss on purpose and try to load Pechorin's gun with a blank, but Pechorin uncovers their plan by chance and kills Grushnitsky.

Source: Literature / A Hero of Our Time
Although they are villains (or at least try to be), they did not spread the cold on purpose, and so are this instead of plague masters.

Source: Typhoid Mary
They need a purpose to exist, so when they lose their purpose they try desperately to find a new purpose before fading away.

Source: Purpose-Driven Immortality

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