Acquisition; the obtaining or procuring of something by effort, labor, sacrifice, work, conquest, art, etc., or by the payment of money or its equivalent; procurement; acquirement, Prey; booty; plunder; hence, ill-gotten gain or wealth, The act of seeking and acquiring property, transitive verb_ To pull or haul by means of a mechanical device, such as a winch, To obtain in exchange for money or its equivalent; buy, To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance

Plural form of purchase, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purchase

Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements, Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons, free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean

Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red, A cloth robe, dress, or mantle of this hue, formerly the distinguishing dress of emperors, kings, or princes_ as, to wear the purple, A cardinalate_ so called in allusion to the red or scarlet hat and robes worn officially by cardinals, adjective_ Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority, Royal or imperial; regal, Elaborate and ornate, transitive verb_ To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color

Discourse; conversation, A dance resembling a cotillion, a characteristic feature of which was the introduction of confidential or coquettish conversation, That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan, verb_ propose or intend, reach a decision, transitive verb_ To intend or resolve, To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause, intransitive verb_ obsolete To have a purpose or intention; to discourse

Plural form of purpose, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purpose

A usually closable bag used for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items, especially by women; a handbag, An available amount of money or resources, A small bag for carrying money, verb_ gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker, contract one's lips into a rounded shape, transitive verb_ To gather or contract (the lips or brow) into wrinkles or folds; pucker, To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit

Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of, (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with, in conformance to, or in agreement with, adverb_ accordingly, consequently, Agreeably; conformably, noun_ A pursuivant

To strive to gain or accomplish, To engage in (a vocation or hobby, for example); practice, To take action regarding something or carry on an established activity or project, transitive verb_ To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in, To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase, To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain, verb_ carry further or advance, carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in, go in search of or hunt for

A following up or out; a carrying out; prosecution_ as, the pursuit of a design, The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution, A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly