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adj. Having or serving a purpose.

adj. Purposeful: purposive behavior.

adj. Having or indicating purpose or design.

Having an aim or purpose; having an end in view; purposeful.

Accomplishing some end; functional; useful in animal or vegetable economy: applied in biology to parts and organs which are not rudimentary or vestigial, and may therefore be regarded as teleological.

adj. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design

adj. having a purpose

"* Behavior which is merely “functional” but not purposive, that is, behavior that is useful as judged by observers but unbeknown to the actor, nor deliberately sought by the actor, is not rational in the terms used here and by many others."

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