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Webster 1913 Edition
Intended
In-tend′ed
,Adj.
1.
Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
Purposed; designed;
as,
. intended
harm or helpThey drew a curse from an
intended
good. Cowper.
3.
Betrothed; affianced;
as, an
. intended
husbandIn-tend′ed
,Noun.
One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intended
INTEND'ED
,pp.
1.
Stretched; made intense. [Little used.]Definition 2024
intended
intended
English
Adjective
intended (not comparable)
- Planned.
- (obsolete) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Antonyms
Translations
planned
Noun
intended (plural intendeds)
- Fiancé or fiancée.
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 3
- His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended.
- 2005, Mori, on In Passing messageboard read at [] on 16 May 2006, Pffft - We both hated using that word [fiancé], and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "intended"
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 3
Translations
fiancé — see fiancé
fiancée — see fiancée
Verb
intended
- simple past tense and past participle of intend