'Intend' definitions:
Definition of 'intend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think]
verb
Design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
verb
Mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean, intend]
verb
Definition of 'Intend'
From: GCIDE
- Intend \In*tend"\ ([i^]n*t[e^]nd"), 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]
Synonyms of 'intend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add up to,
- aim,
- aim at,
- aim to,
- arrange,
- aspire after,
- aspire to,
- assign,
- attempt,
- be after,
- calculate,
- cast,
- concert,
- connote,
- contemplate,
- contrive,
- cut out,
- denote,
- design,
- designate,
- desire,
- destine,
- determine,
- devise,
- drive at,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- express,
- figure,
- forecast,
- frame,
- go for,
- harbor a design,
- have every intention,
- have in mind,
- import,
- intend to,
- lay plans,
- look forward to,
- make a projection,
- make arrangements,
- mean,
- mean to,
- methodize,
- mind,
- organize,
- plan,
- plan ahead,
- plot,
- prearrange,
- program,
- project,
- propose,
- propose to,
- purport,
- purpose,
- rationalize,
- resolve,
- resolve to,
- schedule,
- schematize,
- scheme,
- set up,
- shape,
- signify,
- spell,
- strive,
- systematize,
- think,
- try,
- work out,
- work up