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(ntnd"), 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.] 1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [Obs.] By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale. 2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth. 3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 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. [Archaic] Shak. 6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [Obs.] 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 a スポンサード リンク
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