inten

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n.; pl. Intendancies [ Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The office or employment of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Intend. ] Attentive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend. ] One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. [ 1913 Webster ]

They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Intentionally. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Intendant, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]