intend

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To stretch forth or out; extend or distend.
2. To direct; turn; fix in a course or tendency.
3. To fix the attention upon; attend to; superintend.
4. To fix the mind upon, as something to be done or brought about; have in mind or purpose; design: often used with the infinitive: as, I intend to write; no deception was intended.
5. To design to signify; mean to be understood; have reference to.
6. To pretend; make believe; simulate.
7. To look for; expect.
8. To intensify; increase.
9. To stretch forward; extend; move; proceed.
10. To attend; pay attention.
11. To have intention; be inclined or disposed.
12. To manage; superintend; supervise.

Wiktionary

1. v. To stretch to extend; distend.
2. v. To strain; make tense.
3. v. To intensify; strengthen.
4. v. To apply with energy.
5. v. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
6. v. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
7. v. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
8. v. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
9. v. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To stretch; to extend; to distend.
2. v. To strain; to make tense.
3. v. To intensify; to strengthen.
4. v. To apply with energy.
5. v. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
6. v. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.
7. v. 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
8. v. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
9. v. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. design or destine
2. v. mean or intend to express or convey
3. v. have in mind as a purpose
4. v. denote or connote