What does "intended" mean?
Intended: Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
Additional senses
- 2.Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
- 3.One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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