'Intended' definitions:

Definition of 'intended'

From: WordNet
adjective
Resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult" [ant: unintended]
adjective
Future; betrothed; "his intended bride"

Definition of 'Intended'

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]

Definition of 'Intended'

From: GCIDE
  • Intended \In*tend"ed\, a.
  • 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. [1913 Webster]
  • They drew a curse from an intended good. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Intended'

From: GCIDE
  • Intended \In*tend"ed\, n. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. [1913 Webster]
  • If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'intended'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Intended'