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in⋅tend⋅ing

   [in-ten-ding]
–adjective
designing or aiming to be; prospective or aspiring: intending surgeons.
Origin:
1650–60; intend + -ing 2
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in·tend     (ĭn-těnd')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   in·tend·ed, in·tend·ing, in·tends

v.   tr.
  1. To have in mind; plan: We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go.
    1. To design for a specific purpose.
    2. To have in mind for a particular use.
  3. To signify or mean.

v.   intr.
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.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
in·tend·ing     (ĭn-těn'dĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Purposing to become or be; prospective: intending lawyers; an intending contributor.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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