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in⋅tend
[in-tend] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month. |
| 2. | to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.: a fund intended for emergency use only. |
| 3. | to design to express or indicate, as by one's words; refer to. |
| 4. | (of words, terms, statements, etc.) to mean or signify. |
| 5. | Archaic. to direct (the eyes, mind, etc.). |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to have a purpose or design. |
| 7. | Obsolete. to set out on one's course. |
Origin:
1250–1300; < L intendere to stretch towards, aim at (see in- 2 , tend 1 ); r. ME entenden < OF entendre < L, as above
1250–1300; < L intendere to stretch towards, aim at (see in- 2 , tend 1 ); r. ME entenden < OF entendre < L, as above
Related forms:
in⋅tend⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. contemplate, expect, aim, purpose. Intend, mean, design, propose imply knowing what one wishes to do and setting this as a goal. To intend is to have in mind something to be done or brought about: No offense was intended. Mean is a less formal word than intend but otherwise a close synonym: He means to go away. Design implies planning to effect a particular result: to design a plan for Christmas decorations. Propose suggests setting up a program for oneself or offering it to others for consideration: We propose to beautify our city.
1. contemplate, expect, aim, purpose. Intend, mean, design, propose imply knowing what one wishes to do and setting this as a goal. To intend is to have in mind something to be done or brought about: No offense was intended. Mean is a less formal word than intend but otherwise a close synonym: He means to go away. Design implies planning to effect a particular result: to design a plan for Christmas decorations. Propose suggests setting up a program for oneself or offering it to others for consideration: We propose to beautify our city.
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| in·tend (ĭn-těnd') v. in·tend·ed, in·tend·ing, in·tends v. tr.
To have a design or purpose in mind. [Middle English entenden, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere : in-, toward; see in-2 + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : intend
Spanish:
tener la intención de, querer,
German:
beabsichtigen,meinen,
Japanese:
意図する
intend
c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from O.Fr. intendre "to direct one's attention," from L. intendere "turn one's attention, strain," lit. "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (1390) was present in Latin. A Gmc. word for this was ettle, from O.N. ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from P.Gmc. *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. O.E. eaht, Ger. acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·tend
Pronunciation: in-'tend
Function: transitive verb
: to have in one's mind as a purpose or goal
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