intend

Meaning

Verb

• To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
• To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
• To stretch to extend; distend.
• To strain; make tense.
• To intensify; strengthen.
• To apply with energy.
• To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
• To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
• To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Origin

• From Middle English intenden, entenden, borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendo. See also intensive.