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Bill W

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The word purpose comes from the Latin proponere (meaning "to propose" or "to set forth"), combining pro- ("forth") and ponere ("to place or put"), literally meaning to put an idea forward or state an intention.  It evolved into the noun propositum ("a thing proposed") and arrived in modern English via Anglo-French purposer and Middle English purpos (noun) and purposen (verb).  

According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the noun "purpose" entered English around 1300 with earlest evidence found in religious texts like early translations of the Gospel of Mark.  The verb purpose appeared slightly later, with recorded evidence from before 1382 in the Early Wycliffite Bible translations.

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drpaladin

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To be fulfilling, life needs purpose.

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