intend English · revision 8014

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la intendo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English entenden, later intenden,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|entendre|t=to direct one's attention]], intendre,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin [[m|la|intendo|alt=intendere|t=to turn one's attention, strain; stretch out]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from in-, toward, and tendere, to stretch (see [[tend]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*ten-|t=to stretch]].^(Etymonline) The spelling was altered under the influence of Latin.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To direct one's attention to, give heed: about 1300.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense to have as a plan or purpose, already present in Latin, is first recorded in Chaucer's ''Troilus and Criseyde'' (about 1385).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) A group of senses from Latin, to stretch out, extend, intensify, existed in the 16th–17th centuries and is obsolete.^(OED 1989) In modern French entendre chiefly means to hear.^(Etymonline) A Germanic word for intend was [[ettle]], from Old Norse ætla, to think, propose.^(Etymonline) The ''intended'', a future spouse, is 18th-century.^(Hoad 1986) In Scots and Yorkshire dialect intend meant to expect or hope.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – to pay attention.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1385 – to plan, purpose.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1425 – the form intenden.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 18th century – one's intended.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To have in mind as a [[plan]] or [[purpose]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To design or mean for a particular use or person: ''the shot was intended for him''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To mean or signify.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intender]]

+ * [[intendment]]

+ * [[misintend]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intense]]

+ * [[intensive]]

+ * [[intent]]

+ * [[intention]]

+ * [[intension]]

+ * [[tend]]

+ * [[attend]]

+ * [[superintendent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}