in·tend (ĭn-tĕnd')

v., -tend·ed, -tend·ing, -tends.

v.tr.

1. To have in mind; plan: We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go.
2. 1. To design for a specific purpose.
   2. To have in mind for a particular use.
3. To signify or mean.

v.intr.
To have a design or purpose in mind.

[Middle English entenden, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere : in-, toward; see in-² + tendere, to stretch.]

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