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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

to all intents and purposes
    adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
           the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
           purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, to
           all intents and purposes, for all intents and
           purposes]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Intent \In*tent"\, n. [OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose,
   OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial
   noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend.]
   The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a
   design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
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         Be thy intents wicked or charitable.     --Shak.
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         The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the
         laws of duties supernatural.             --Hooker.
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   To all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses;
      practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially.
      "He was miserable to all intents and purpose."
      --L'Estrange.

   Syn: Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;
        drift; object; end; aim; plan.
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