In-tĕnd′1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTENDING.] [Lat. intendere, intentum and intensum, fr. prefix in and tendere, to stretch, stretch out; It. intendere, Sp. & Pg. entender, Pr. & Fr. entendre. See TEND.]
Sense 1. To stretch; to strain; to extend; to distend. [Obs.] “Intends our obligation to the degree thereof.” Barrow.
By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Hale.
Sense 2. To fix the mind upon, as the object to be effected; to mean; to design; to purpose.
They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11.
An enemy intends you harm. Shak.
Sense 3. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; 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 at once, abated of its fervency in prayer. Fuller.
Sense 4. To enforce; to make intense. [Obs.] Browne.
Sense 5. To fashion; to conceive. [Obs.]
Modesty was made When she was first intended. Beau. & Fl.
Synonyms—To contemplate; meditate; attend to; purpose; design; mean. See CONTEMPLATE.