Done or acting with a clear intention or goal; determined and with direction, not random or accidental.
From 'purpose,' derived from Old French 'proposer' (to put forward), combined with '-ful' meaning 'full of.' The concept emerged in Middle English to describe intentional action.
Interesting how 'purposeful' is almost the opposite of 'arbitrary'—while arbitrary means random decisions from people with power, purposeful means clear intentions from anyone—suggesting intention matters more for morality than authority.
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