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Definition of Intended
1. Adjective. Resulting from one's intentions. "An intended insult"
Similar to: Conscious, Witting, Calculated, Deliberate, Measured, Intentional, Knowing, Well-intentioned, Well-meaning, Well-meant
Also: Motivated, Planned, Premeditated
Antonyms: Unintended
2. Adjective. Future; betrothed. "His intended bride"
Definition of Intended
1. a. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
2. n. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.
Definition of Intended
1. Adjective. Planned. ¹
2. Noun. Fiancé or fiancée. ¹
3. Verb. (past of intend) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intended
1. one's spouse to-be [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intended
Literary usage of Intended
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Nor did he fast in the manner of men, as it behoved him to do, if he intended to
stimulate men to an imitation of him: on the contrary, he exhibited an ..."
2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"I have forgot what I intended to bestow upon Christiana and her companions; I
will go back and fetch it. So she ran and fetched it. While she was gone, ..."
3. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1789)
".There are in England no other direct taxes upon the wages of labour. ARTICLE IV.
faxes which, if is intended, ... THE taxes which, it is intended, ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... with better notions than his elocution would do justice to, he intended to
value him very highly. It was impossible for many of the others not to smile. ..."
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