Lexic.us

Definition of Intent

1. Noun. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. "He made no secret of his designs"

2. Adjective. Giving or marked by complete attention to. "Wrapped in thought"

3. Noun. The intended meaning of a communication.

Definition of Intent

1. a. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

2. n. The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

Definition of Intent

1. Noun. The purpose of something that is intended. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence. ¹

3. Adjective. Firmly fixed or concentrated on something. ¹

4. Adjective. Engrossed. ¹

5. Adjective. Unwavering from a course of action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intent

1. a purpose [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intent

intensity of sound intensive intensive-care intensive care intensive care unit intensive care units intensive management intensive properties intensive psychotherapy intensively

intensiveness intensivenesses intensives intensivist intensivists intent (current term) intent on(p) intentation intention intention spasm

intention tremor intentional intentional grounding intentional replantation intentional walk intentional walks intentionalism intentionalist intentionalistic

Literary usage of Intent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... if otherwise, to an intermediate port, with intent to send forward the cargo by transhipment into a vessel provided for the completion of the voyage. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... after regaining consciousness, discovered the ring and concealed or aided and abetted another to conceal it with intent to deprive the owner thereof, ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1910)
"the Cochran Case, that the intent to deceive, for which the statute provides ... Where intent is an essential ingredient of a crime, it is settled that such ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"It is *the intent with which the new [*503 notes were given which must determine the validity of tin- lien of the judgment, and the unconstitutionality of ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Francis Vesey (1827)
"... and becomes part of it. lish • intent to statute, expressing that intent. ... it was there admitted, would lia« is sufficient; done. which intent ..."

6. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"If, with intent to steal them, one gets possession of goods by consent, the title remaining in the owner, he is guilty of larceny. ..."

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