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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
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