intended
intended is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- advisedly
- aforethought
- all
- autocratic
- beforehand
- bid
- blood
- calculated
- casual
- choice
- cold
- concert
- conclusion
- cunning
- deliberately
- discretion
- discretional
- discretionary
- est
- fate
- foredoom
- free
- good
- head
- intention
- intentionally
- man
- maturely
- minded
- muss
- necessity
- one
- open
- optional
- original
- out
- own
- pleasure
- predeliberation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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