Purposive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purposive \Pur"po*sive\, a.
     Having or indicating purpose or design. "Purposive
     characters." --Bastian.
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           Purposive modification of structure in a bone. --Owen.


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           It is impossible that the frog should perform actions
           morepurposive than these.                --Huxley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purposive
       adj 1: having or showing or acting with a purpose or design;
              "purposive behavior"
       2: having a purpose; "purposive behavior" [syn: {goal-directed}]