Intend

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To apply with energy.

II. Intend ·vt To Strain; to make tense.

III. Intend ·vt To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.

IV. Intend ·vt To stretch' to extend; to Distend.

V. Intend ·vt To Intensify; to Strengthen.

VI. Intend ·vt To design mechanically or artistically; to Fashion; to Mold.

VII. Intend ·vt To Pretend; to Counterfeit; to Simulate.

VIII. Intend ·vt To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to Superintend; to Regard.

IX. Intend ·vt 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.