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: intend, mean, think]
    2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
       [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
    3: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand
       what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean,
       intend]
    4: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
       example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
       mean, intend, signify, stand for]

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.
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   2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.]
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            When a bow is successively intended and remedied.
                                                  --Cudworth.
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   3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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            Magnetism may be intended and remitted. --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
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   4. To apply with energy.
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            Let him intend his mind, without respite, without
            rest, in one direction.               --Emerson.
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   5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
      [Archaic] --Shak.
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   6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to
      superintend; to regard. [Obs.]
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            Having no children, she did, with singular care and
            tenderness, intend the education of Philip. --Bacon.
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            My soul, not being able to intend two things at
            once, abated of its fervency in praying. --Fuller.
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   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.
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            They intended evil against thee.      --Ps. xxi. 11.
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            To-morrow he intends
            To hunt the boar with certain of his friends.
                                                  --Shak.
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   8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to
      mold. [Obs.]
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            Modesty was made
            When she was first intended.          --Beau. & Fl.
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   9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.]
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            Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and
            Claudio.                              --Shak.

   Syn: To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.
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