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intend
 
SYLLABICATION:in·tend
PRONUNCIATION:  n-tnd
VERB:Inflected forms: in·tend·ed, in·tend·ing, in·tends
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To have in mind; plan: We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go. 2a. To design for a specific purpose. b. To have in mind for a particular use. 3. To signify or mean.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To have a design or purpose in mind.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English entenden, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere : in-, toward; see in–2 + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Appendix I.
 
 
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