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in⋅tent

1  [in-tent]
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–noun
1. something that is intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
2. the act or fact of intending, as to do something: criminal intent.
3. Law. the state of a person's mind that directs his or her actions toward a specific object.
4. meaning or significance.
—Idiom
5. to or for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes; practically speaking; virtually: The book is, to all intents and purposes, a duplication of earlier efforts.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < LL intentus an aim, purpose, L: a stretching out (inten(dere) to intend + -tus suffix of v. action); r. ME entent(e) < OF < LL, as above

Synonyms:
1. See intention. 2. aim, plan, plot.
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in·tent   (ĭn-těnt')   
n.  
  1. Something that is intended; an aim or purpose. See Synonyms at intention.
  2. Law The state of one's mind at the time one carries out an action.
  3. Meaning; purport.
adj.  
  1. Firmly fixed; concentrated: an intent gaze.
  2. Having the attention applied; engrossed: The students, intent upon their books, did not hear me enter the room.
  3. Having the mind and will focused on a specific purpose: was intent on leaving within the hour; are intent upon being recognized.

[Middle English entent, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intentus, from Latin, an extending, from intentus, attentive to, strained, from past participle of intendere, to direct attention; see intend.]
in·tent'ly adv., in·tent'ness n.
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