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v. t.
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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Attentive; intent.
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Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
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A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
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Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
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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.
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The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
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In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
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In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
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To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
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Intention.
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According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.
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Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
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In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.
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A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
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The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.
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Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
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That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping.
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The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
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