Apurpose

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    on purpose; deliberately dialectal, not-comparable

    "1900-1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard He did it apurpose!"

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"1900-1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard He did it apurpose!"

Etymology

From a- + purpose.

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on purpose

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