intend
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished)
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.
- After I've finished my contract I never intend to teach teenagers again.
To fix the mind on
To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
To stretch to extend
To stretch to extend; distend.
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To strain
To strain; make tense.
To intensify
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 […].
To apply with energy.
To bend or turn
To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
To design mechanically or artistically
To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
To pretend
To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
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Derived
as God intended, foreintend, intendable, intender, intendingly, intendment, misintend, unintending
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at intend. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at intend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at intend
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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