a. Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + tenable: cf. F. intenable. ] Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. [ Obs. ] Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending. ] [ OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strain; to make tense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To intensify; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To apply with energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-morrow he intends
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Modesty was made
When she was first intended. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. Shak.

Syn. -- To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intendancies [ Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The office or employment of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend. ] One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Intend. ] Attentive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. [ 1913 Webster ]

They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Intentionally. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Intendant, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who intends. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. intendimentum. See Intendment. ] Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Charge; oversight. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intention; design; purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

The intendment of God and nature. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intenerated p. pr. & vb. n. Intenerating. ] [ Pref. in- in + L. tener soft, tender. See Tender, a. ] To make tender or sensitive; to soften. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear intenerates the heart. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . . intenerate the stubborn pavement. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made tender or soft; softened. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be grasped. Cf. Intenable. ] Incapable of holding or containing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This captious and intenible sieve. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intensated p. pr. & vb. n. Intensating. ] [ See Intense. ] To intensify. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adding intensity; intensifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this intense seclusion of the forest. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Intently. [ Obs. ] J. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made more severe or intense, especially in law.
Syn. -- aggravated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intensified p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying ] [ Intense + -fly. ] To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

How piercing is the sting of pride
By want embittered and intensified. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. increasing in strength or intensity. [ Narrower terms: aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; augmentative, enhancive; deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal) ] moderating [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. intensio: cf. F. intension. See Intend, and cf. Intention. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic & Metaph.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. intensitas: cf. F. intensité. See Intense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you would deepen the intensity of light, you must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline the shade that accompanies it. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Photog.) The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. intensif. See Intense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Agric.) Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intensive manner; by increase of degree. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being intensive; intensity. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intentus, p. p. of intendere. See Intend, and cf. Intense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure. “Intent on mischief.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose, OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend. ] The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially. “He was miserable to all intents and purpose.” L'Estrange.

Syn. -- Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view; drift; object; end; aim; plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim. [ 1913 Webster ]

In [ chronical distempers ], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being strained. See Intension. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

First intention (Logic), a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. --
Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness. --
To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. --
To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration.

Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. intentionnel. ] Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. Opposite of unintentional or unintended. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive. ] Attentive; intent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Attentively; closely. [ Obs. ] “Intentively to observe.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South. [ 1913 Webster ]