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