intended
(adjective) future; betrothed; “his intended bride”
intended
(adjective) resulting from one’s intentions; “your intended trip abroad”; “an intended insult”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intended (not comparable)
Planned.
• unintended
intended (plural intendeds)
Fiancé or fiancée.
intended
simple past tense and past participle of intend
• detinned, indented
Source: Wiktionary
In*tend"ed, a.
1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
In*tend"ed, n.
Definition: 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.
In*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] Etym: [OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]
1. To stretch' to extend; to distend. [Obs.] By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale.
2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth.
3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton.
4. To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson.
5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [Archaic] Shak.
6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [Obs.] Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. Bacon. My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller.
7. 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; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain. They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11. To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. Shak.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [Obs.] Modesty was made When she was first intended. Beau. & Fl.
9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.] Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. Shak.
Syn.
– To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 June 2025
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
