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.
2.To strain; to make tense.
3.To intensify; to strengthen.
Magnetism may be intended and remitted.
- Sir I. Newton.
4.To apply with energy.
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.
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.
8.To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
9.To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio.
- Shak.


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