2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intend \In*tend"\, 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}.]
1. To stretch' to extend; to distend. [Obs.]
By this the lungs are intended or remitted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.]
When a bow is successively intended and remedied.
--Cudworth.
3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Magnetism may be intended and remitted. --Sir I.
Newton.
4. To apply with energy.
Let him intend his mind, without respite, without
rest, in one direction. --Emerson.
5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
[Archaic] --Shak.
6. To fix the mind on to attend to to take care of to
superintend; to regard. [Obs.]
Having no children, she did with singular care and
tenderness, intend the education of Philip. --Bacon.
My soul, not being able to intend two things at
once, abated of its fervency in praying. --Fuller.
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.
They intended evil against thee. --Ps. xxi. 11.
To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain
of his friends. --Shak.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to
mold. [Obs.]
Modesty was made When she was first intended.
--Beau. & Fl
9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.]
Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and
Claudio. --Shak.
Syn: To purpose; mean design; plan conceive; contemplate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intend
v 1: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant
to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought
to return early that night" [syn: {mean}, {think}]
2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: {destine}, {designate}, {specify}]
3: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand
what I mean!" "what do his words intend?" [syn: {mean}]
4: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: {mean},
{signify}, {stand for}]
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