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▸ noun:  The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
▸ noun:  Function, role.
▸ noun:  (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something.
▸ noun:  Resolution; determination.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.

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