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in·tend (ĭn-tĕnd́)

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

verb: -tend·ed, -tend·ing, -tends. 

transitive verb 

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

intransitive verb 

To have a design or purpose in mind.