Part 5947

<hw>In`tem*pes"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intempestivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intempestif</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Tempestive</er>.]</ety> <def>Out of season; untimely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<blockquote><b>Intempestive</b> bashfulness gets nothing. <i>Hales.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intempestively</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In`tem*pes"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Unseasonably.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Intempestivity</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intempestivitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intempestivit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Unseasonableness; untimeliness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hales.</i>

<h1>Intenable</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*ten"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>tenable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intenable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; <as>as, an <ex>intenable</ex> opinion; an <ex>intenable</ex> fortress.</as></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Intend</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*tend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>entenden</ets> to be attentive, F. <ets>entendre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>intendre</ets>, <ets>intentum</ets>, and <ets>intensum</ets>, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch, stretch out. See <er>Tend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To stretch' to extend; to distend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>By this the lungs are <b>intended</b> or remitted. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strain; to make tense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When a bow is successively <b>intended</b> and remedied. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To intensify; to strengthen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<blockquote>Magnetism may be <b>intended</b> and remitted. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To apply with energy.</def>

<blockquote>Let him <b>intend</b> his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, <b>intend</b> the education of Philip. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My soul, not being able to <b>intend</b> two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>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 <i>to</i>, or a dependent clause with <i>that</i>; <as>as, he <ex>intends</ex> to go; he <ex>intends</ex> that she shall remain.</as></def>