- Intended
- Intend In*tend" ([i^]n*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Intended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intending}.] [OE. entenden to be
attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and
intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in-
in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See {Tend}.]
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1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [Obs.]
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By this the lungs are intended or remitted. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
When a bow is successively intended and remedied. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Magnetism may be intended and remitted. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
4. To apply with energy. [1913 Webster]
Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
7. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain. [1913 Webster]
They intended evil against thee. --Ps. xxi. 11. [1913 Webster]
To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Modesty was made When she was first intended. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. --Shak.
Syn: To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
