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Vinony

intend

verb

  1. to assign for a specific end, use, or purpose
  2. to design or destine
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnd/

verb

Etymology: From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendō, intendere. See also intensive. Doublet of entendre. Largely displaced native Old English myntan (“to mean, intend; to think, suppose”), whence dialectal mint.

  1. To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

    “He intends to go to university.”

    “They evidently intended some mischief.”

  2. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
  3. To stretch to extend; distend.
  4. To strain; make tense.
  5. To intensify; strengthen.

    “Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].”

  6. To apply with energy.
  7. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
  8. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
  9. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.