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telic

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tel⋅ic

  [tel-ik, tee-lik]
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–adjective
1. Grammar. expressing end or purpose: a telic conjunction.
2. tending to a definite end.
Origin:
1840–50; < Gk telikós pertaining to an end or cause. See tel- 2 , -ic

Related forms:
tel⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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tel·ic   (těl'ĭk, tē'lĭk)   
adj.  Directed or tending toward a goal or purpose; purposeful.

[Greek telikos, from telos, end; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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