Part 5949

<hw>In*tend"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Intendant</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Intender</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*tend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who intends.</def>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Intendiment</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*tend"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>intendimentum</ets>. See <er>Intendment</er>.]</ety> <def>Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Intendment</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*tend"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>entendement</ets> understanding, insight, F. <ets>entendement</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>intendimentum</ets>. See <er>Intend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Charge; oversight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ford.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intention; design; purpose.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>intendment</b> of God and nature. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.</def>

<h1>Intenerate</h1> <Xpage=774>

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

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<blockquote>Fear <b>intenerates</b> the heart. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . . <b>intenerate</b> the stubborn pavement. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intenerate</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made tender or soft; softened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Inteneration</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Intenible</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ten"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + L. <ets>tenere</ets> to hold: cf. L. <ets>intenibilis</ets> not to be grasped. Cf. <er>Intenable</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of holding or containing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This captious and <b>intenible</b> sieve. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intensate</h1> <Xpage=775>