Intend

Definition of Intend

In`tend´ Pronunciation: ĭn`tĕnd´

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.]
	1.	To stretch; to extend; to distend. By this the lungs are intended or remitted. - Sir M. Hale.
	2.	To strain; to make tense. When a bow is successively intended and remedied. - Cudworth.
	3.	To intensify; to strengthen. Magnetism may be intended and remitted. - Sir I. Newton.
	4.	To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. - Emerson.
	5.	To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
	6.	To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. - Bacon. My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. - Fuller.
	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. They intended evil against thee. - Ps. xxi. 11. To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. - Shak.
	8.	To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. Modesty was made When she was first intended. - Beau. & Fl.
	9.	To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. - Shak.

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