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In*tend"ent (?), n. See Intendant, n. [Obs.]

In*tend"er (?), n. One who intends. Feltham.

In*tend"i*ment (?), n. [LL. intendimentum. See Intendment.] Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*tend"ment (?), n. [OE. entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend.]

1. Charge; oversight. [Obs.] Ford.

2. Intention; design; purpose.

The intendment of God and nature.

Jer. Taylor.

3. (Law) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.

In*ten"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intenerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intenerating.] [Pref. in- in + L. tener soft, tender. See Tender, a.] To make tender or sensitive; to soften.

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Fear intenerates the heart.

Bp. Hall.

So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . . intenerate the stubborn pavement.

Jer. Taylor.

In*ten"er*ate (n*tn"r*t), a. Made tender or soft; softened. [Obs.]

In*ten`er*a"tion (-"shn), n. The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. [R.] Bacon.

In*ten"i*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be grasped. Cf. Intenable.] Incapable of holding or containing. [Obs.]

This captious and intenible sieve.

Shak.

In*ten"sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intensating.] [See Intense.] To intensify. [R.] Emerson.

In`ten*sa"tion (?), n. The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. [R.] Carlyle.

In*ten"sa*tive (?), a. Adding intensity; intensifying.

In*tense" (?), a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]

1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

In this intense seclusion of the forest.

Hawthorne.