Intent \In*tent"\, a. [L. intentus, p. p. of intendere. See
Intend, and cf. Intense.]
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1. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the
mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on
self-improvement.
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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.
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Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of
the speaker. --I. Watts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Intent \In*tent"\, 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.
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Be thy intents wicked or charitable. --Shak.
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The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the
laws of duties supernatural. --Hooker.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
intent
adj 1: directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an
intent gaze" [syn: fixed]
2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that
engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally
engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de
la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: absorbed,
engrossed, enwrapped, rapt, wrapped]
n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose,
intention, aim, design]
2: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: purport, spirit]
WordNet (r) 2.0
183 Moby Thesaurus words for "intent":
abandoned, absorbed, absorbed in, acceptation, advertent, afire,
agog, aim, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambition, animus, ardent,
aspiration, assiduous, attending, attentive, avid, aware, bent,
bent on, buried in, burning, careful, caught up in, committed,
conation, concentrated, conscious, contemplating, contemplative,
counsel, dead set on, decided, decided upon, decisive, dedicated,
deep, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination,
determined, determined upon, devoted, devoted to, devout, diligent,
eager, earnest, effect, end, engaged, engrossed, engrossed in,
enthusiastic, faithful, fervent, fervid, fiery, finical, finicking,
finicky, firm, fixed, fixed purpose, fixed upon, flaming, function,
goal, hearty, heated, heedful, hell-bent on, hot, hot-blooded,
idea, immersed, immersed in, impassioned, import, in earnest,
in effect, inclination, intending, intendment, intense, intent on,
intent upon, intention, intentive, involved, keen, lost in, loyal,
meaning, meditating, meditative, meticulous, mind, mindful,
monomaniacal, monopolized, more or less, motive, nice, niggling,
nisus, object, objective, observant, observing, obsessed, occupied,
on fire, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed,
openmouthed, passionate, perfervid, plan, point, practically,
preoccupied, project, proposal, prospectus, purport, purpose, rapt,
red-hot, regardful, resolute, resolution, resolve, resolved,
resolved upon, riveted, sake, sense, serious, set, set on, settled,
settled upon, significance, significancy, signification, sincere,
single-minded, sot on, spirited, steadfast, steady, striving,
studious, study, studying, submerged in, swept up, taken up with,
target, tendency, totally absorbed, understanding, vehement, view,
virtually, volition, warm, watchful, watching, white-hot, will,
wrapped, wrapped in, wrapped up, wrapped up in, zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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