a. [ L. intentus, p. p. of intendere. See Intend, and cf. Intense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
To all intents and purposes,
n. Intention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
In [ chronical distempers ], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
First intention (Logic),
Second intention (Logic),
To heal by the first intention (Surg.),
To heal by the second intention (Surg.),
a. [ Cf. F. intentionnel. ] Done by intention or design; intended; designed;
n. The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition;
a. [ OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive. ] Attentive; intent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Attentively; closely. [ Obs. ] “Intentively to observe.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an intent manner;
n. The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. [ 1913 Webster ]
Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]