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Intend [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To stretch; to strain; to extend; to distend.

2. By this the lungs are intended or remitted.

3. [This literal sense is now uncommon.]

4. To mean; to design; to purpose, that is, to stretch or set forward in mind. [This is now the usual sense.]

5. For they intended evil against thee. Psalms 21:11 .

6. To regard; to fix the mind on; to attend; to take care of.

7. Having no children, she did with singular care and tenderness intend the education of Phillip.

8. [This use of the word is now obsolete. We now use tend and superintend or regard.]

9. To enforce; to make intense.

Intend [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To stretch' to extend; to distend.

2. To strain; to make tense.

3. To intensify; to strengthen.

4. To apply with energy.

5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.

6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.

7. 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.

8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.

9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

Intendancies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Intendancy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The office or employment of an intendant.

2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant.

Intendant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who has the charge, oversight, direction or management of some public business; as an intendant of marine; as intendant of finance; a word much used in France, and sometimes in England and America, but we generally use in lieu of it superintendent.

2. In Charleston, S. Carolina, the mayor or chief municipal officer of the city.

Intendant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Attentive.

Intendant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.

Intended [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Designed; purposed; as, the insult was intended

2. Stretched; made intense. [Little used.]

Intended [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.

2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.

3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.

Intended [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Intended [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.

Intendedly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With intention or purpose; by design.

Intendedly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Intentionally.

Intendent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Intendant, n.

Intender [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who intends.

Intender [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who intends.

Intendiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Attention; understanding; consideration.

Intendiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.

Intending [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Meaning; designing; purposing.

2. Stretching; distending. [Little used.]

Intending [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Intendment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Intention; design; in law, the true meaning of a person or of a law, or of any legal instrument. In the construction of statutes or of contracts, the intendment of the same is, if possible, to be ascertained, that is, the true meaning or intention of the legislator or contracting party.

Intendment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Charge; oversight.

2. Intention; design; purpose.

3. The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.

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Genesis 37:8

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

Genesis 43:18

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Exodus 2:14

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

Numbers 35:23

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

Deuteronomy 19:4

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

Deuteronomy 19:6

Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

Deuteronomy 19:19

Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Joshua 22:33

And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

Judges 13:23

But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

Judges 20:5

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 18:25

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 19:2

But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

1 Samuel 20:13

The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

1 Samuel 23:10

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.

1 Samuel 24:9

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

2 Chronicles 28:10

And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?