'Intending' definitions:
Definition of 'Intending'
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]