Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 57
Intent (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure. "Intent on mischief." -- Milton.
Be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of the speaker. -- I. Watts.
Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
Be thy intents wicked or charitable. -- Shak.
The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural. -- Hooker.
To all intents and purposes, In all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially. "He was miserable to all intents and purpose." -- L'Estrange.
Syn: Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view; drift; object; end; aim; plan.
Intent (a.) Giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped].
Intent (n.) An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design].
Intent (n.) The intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit].
Intentation (n.) Intention. [Obs.]
Intention (n.) 打算，目的，意圖 A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. -- Locke.
Intention (n.) A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
Hell is paved with good intentions. -- Johnson.
Intention (n.) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. -- Arbuthnot.
Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]
Intention (n.) (Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object.
First intention (Logic), A conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone.
Second intention (Logic), A conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness.
To heal by the first intention (Surg.), To cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration.
To heal by the second intention (Surg.), To unite after suppuration.
Syn: Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design.
Intention (n.) An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: {purpose}, {intent}, {intention}, {aim}, {design}].
Intention (n.) (Usually pl.) The goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable."
Intention (n.) An act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; "my intention changed once I saw her."
Intention () A design, resolve, or determination of the mind.
Intention () Intention is required in the commission of crimes and injuries, in making contracts, and wills.
Intention () Every crime must have necessarily two constituent parts, namely, an act forbidden by law, and an intention. The act is innocent or guilty just as there was or was not an intention to commit a crime; for example, a man embarks on board of a ship, at New York, for the purpose of going to New Orleans; if he went with an intention to perform a lawful act, he is perfectly innocent; but if his intention was to levy war against the United States, he is guilty of an overt act of treason. Cro. Car. 332; Fost. 202, 203; Hale, P. C. 116. The same rule prevails in numerous civil cases; in actions founded on malicious injuries, for instance, it is necessary to prove that the act was accompanied, by a wrongful and malicious intention. 2 Stark. Ev. 739.
Intention () The intention is to be proved, or it is inferred by the law. The existence of the intention is usually matter of inference; and proof of external and visible acts and conduct serves to indicate, more or less forcibly, the particular intention. But, in some cases, the inference of intention necessarily arises from the facts. Exteriora acta indicant interiora animi secreta. 8 Co. 146. It is a universal rule, that a man shall be taken to intend that which he does, or which is the necessary and immediate consequence of his act; 3 M. & S. 15; Hale, P. C. 229; in cases of homicide, therefore, malice will generally be inferred by the law. Vide Malice' and Jacob's Intr. to the Civ. Law, Reg. 70; Dig. 24, 18.
Intention () But a bare intention to commit a crime, without any overt act towards its commission, although punishable in foro, conscientiae, is not a crime or offence for which the party can be indicted; as, for example, an intention to pass counterfeit bank notes, knowing them to be counterfeit. 1 Car. Law Rep. 517.
Intention () In order to make a contract, there must, be an intention to make it a person non compos mentis, who has no contracting mind, cannot, therefore, enter into any engagement which requires an intention; for to make a contract the law requires a fair, and serious exercise of the reasoning faculty. Vide Gift; Occupancy.
Intention () In wills and testaments, the intention of the testator must be gathered from the whole instrument; 3 Ves. 105; and a codicil ought to be taken as a part of the will; 4 Ves. 610; and when such intention ascertained, it must prevail, unless it be in opposition to some unbending rule of law. 6 Cruise's Dig. 295; Rand. on Perp. 121; Cro. Jac. 415. " It is written," says Swinb. p. 10, " that the will or meaning of the testator is the queen or empress of the testament; because the will doth rule the testament, enlarge and restrain it, and in every respect moderate and direct the same, and is, indeed, the very efficient cause. thereof. The will, therefore, and meaning of the testator ought, before all things, to be sought for diligently, and, being found, ought to be observed faithfully." 6 Pet. R. 68. Vide, generally, Bl. Com. Index, h. t.; 2 Stark. Ev. h. t.; A 1. Pand. 95; Dane's Ab. Index h. t.; Rob. Fr. Conv. 30. As to intention in changing a residence, see article Inhabitant.
Intention (n.) The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is the imminence, immediate or remote, of the performance of an involuntary act.
Intention (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 意圖，打算 Something that you want and plan to do.
// [ + to infinitive ] It wasn't my intention to exclude her from the list - I just forgot her.
// I've no intention of changing my plans just to fit in with his.
// He's full of good intentions, but he never does anything about them!
Intentional (a.) 有意的，故意的；有關意圖的，與目的有關的 Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. Opposite of unintentional or unintended.
Intentional (a.) Characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time" [syn: intentional, knowing].
Intentional (a.) Done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses" [syn: designed, intentional] [ant: undesigned].
Intentionality (n.) 意向性 The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. -- Coleridge.
Intentionality (n.) Expressive of intentions.
Intentionally (adv.) 有意地，故意地 In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
Intentionally (adv.) With intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally].
Intentioned (a.) Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
Intentive (a.) Attentive; intent. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Intentively (adv.) Attentively; closely. [Obs.] "Intentively to observe." -- Holland.
Intentiveness (n.) Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [Obs.] -- W. Montagu.
Intently (adv.) 一心一意地，心無旁物地，專心地 In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed. Syn: Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly.
Intently (adv.) With strained or eager attention; "listened intently"; "stood watching intently."
Intentness (n.) The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. -- South.
Intentness (n.) The quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze" [syn: intentness, engrossment].
Inter- () A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
Interred (imp. & p. p.) of Inter.
Interring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inter.
Inter (v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. -- Shak.
Inter (v.) Place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest].
Inter. () Between, among; as, inter vivos, between living persons; inter alia, among others.
Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. -- Chesterfield.
Interact (v. i.) To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact. -- Emerson. -- Tyndall.
Interact (v.) Act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues."
Compare: Entr'acte
Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
Entr'acte (n.) 幕間休息；幕間插演節目；間奏曲 A dance, piece of music, or interlude performed between two acts of a drama.
Entr'acte (n.) The interval between two acts of a play.
Interact (v. i.) 互相作用；互相影響；互動 To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.
Interact (v.) Act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues."
Interact (v.) [ I ] (B2) 交流，交往；相互作用，互相影響 To communicate with or react to.
// Dominique's teacher says that she interacts well with the other children.
// It's interesting at parties to see how people interact socially.
// We are studying how these two chemicals interact.
Interaction (n.) 相互作用；干擾 Intermediate action.
Interaction (n.) Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.
Interaction (n.) [ C or U ] (C1) 交流，交往；相互作用，相互影響 An occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other.
// There's not enough interaction between the management and the workers.
// Language games are usually intended to encourage student interaction.
// The play follows the interactions of three very different characters.
Interactive (a.) 相互作用的；【電腦】具有人、機通信功能的；（電視節目）觀眾可以利用電子設備和銀幕上呈現的節目對話的 Used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) [syn: {synergistic}, {interactive}] [ant: {antagonistic}, {incompatible}].
Interactive (a.) Capable of acting on or influencing each other [syn: {interactional}, {interactive}].
Interadditive (a.) Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.
Interagency (n.) Intermediate agency.
Interagent (n.) An intermediate agent.
Interall (n.) Entrail or inside.
Interalveolar (a.) Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.
Interambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
Interambulacra (n. pl. ) of Interambulacrum.
Interambulacrums (n. pl. ) of Interambulacrum.
Interambulacrum (n.) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
Interamnian (a.) Situated between rivers.
Interanimate (v. t.) To animate or inspire mutually.
Interarboration (n.) The interweaving of branches of trees.
Interarticular (a.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
Interatomic (a.) Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
Interaulic (a.) Existing between royal courts.
Interauricular (a.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.
Interaxal (a.) Situated in an interaxis.
Interaxillary (a.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
Interaxes (n. pl. ) of Interaxis.
Interaxis (n.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.
Interbastation (n.) Patchwork.
Interbrachial (a.) Between the arms.
Interbrain (n.) See Thalamencephalon.
Interbranchial (a.) Between the branchiae.
Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Intercalar (a.) Intercalary.
Intercalary (a.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
Intercalary (n.) Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
Intercalated (imp. & p. p.) of Intercalate.
Intercalating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercalate.
Intercalate (v. t.) (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
Intercalate (v. t.) To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.
Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. -- Mantell.
Intercalate (v.) Insert (days) in a calendar
Intercalation (n.) (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. -- Mantell.
Intercalation (n.) An insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism, intercalation].
Intercarotid (a.) (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.
Intercarpal (a.) (Anat.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
Intercartilaginous (a.) (Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
Intercavernous (a.) (Anat.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.
Interceded (imp. & p. p.) of Intercede.
Interceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercede.
Intercede (v. i.) 仲裁；說項；求情 To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.]
He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. -- Sir M. Hale.
Intercede (v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.
I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. -- Milton.
Syn: To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.
Intercede (v. t.) To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.] -- Sir I. Newton.
Intercede (v.) Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate].
Compare: Mediate
Mediate (v.) [No object] 調解；斡旋；居中 Intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.
‘Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war.’
Mediate (v.) [With object ] 調停解決；傳達 Intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement.
‘Set up a tribunal to arbitrate and mediate disputes.’
Mediate (v.) [With object] Bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute.
‘Efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict.’
Mediate (v.) [Technical] [W ith object] Bring about (a result such as a physiological effect).
‘The right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction.’
Mediate (v.) [Technical] [W ith object] Be a means of conveying.
‘This important ministry of mediating the power of the word.’
Mediate (v.) [Technical] [W ith object] Form a link between.
‘Structures which mediate gender divisions.’
Mediate (a.) 間接的；居間的 Connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency.
‘Public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration.’
Intercedence (n.) The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.
Intercedent (a.) Passing between; mediating; pleading.
Interceder (n.) One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
Intercellular (a.) 在細胞間的 Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.
Intercentral (a.) Between centers.
Intercentra (n. pl. ) of Intercentrum.
Intercentrum (n.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Intercepted (imp. & p. p.) of Intercept.
Intercepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercept.
Intercept (v. t.) 攔截；截住；截擊；截斷；中止（光、水、瓦斯等） To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
God will shortly intercept your breath. -- Joye.
Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
Who intercepts me in my expedition? -- Shak.
We must meet first, and intercept his course. -- Dryden.
Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
While storms vindictive intercept the shore. -- Pope.
Intercept (v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
Intercept (v. t.) To overhear or view (a communication or message intended for another), without hindering its passage; as, to intercept a telephone call.
Intercept (v. t.) (Sports) To catch and take possession of (a ball passed between members of an opposing team); as, the back intercepted the pass and ran the ball back for a touchdown.
Syn: To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
Intercept (n.) (Math.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
Intercept (n.) The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis.
Intercept (v.) Seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" [syn: intercept, stop].
Intercept (v.) Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?" [syn: wiretap, tap, intercept, bug].
Intercepter (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts. -- Shak.
Intercepter (n.) (Mil.) A high-speed fighter airplane with fast-climbing capability, used to intercept enemy airplanes or identify unknown aircraft and engage them in combat if necessary; also, a missile which intercepts and destroys incoming missiles or airplanes.
Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving; "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible."
Interception (n.) (American football) The act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team.
Interceptive (a.) Intercepting or tending to intercept.
Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.
But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. -- Rom. viii. 26.
Intercession (n.) A prayer to God on behalf of another person.
Intercession (n.) The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" [syn: intervention, intercession].
Intercessional (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.
Intercessionate (v. t.) To entreat. [Obs.]
Intercessor (n.) 調停者 One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator.
Intercessor (n.) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them.
Intercessor (n.) One who pleads in behalf of another. -- Milton.
Intercessor (n.) (Eccl.) A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
Intercessor (n.) A negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn: mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor].
Intercessorial (a.) Intercessory.
Intercessory (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.
Interchained (imp. & p. p.) of Interchain.
Interchaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchain.
Interchain (v. t.) To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.
Two bosoms interchained with an oath. -- Shak.
Interchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Interchange.
Interchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchange.
Interchange (v. t.) 交換，互換；使互相易位 To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.
I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. -- Shak.
Interchange (v. t.) To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
Interchange (v. i.) 交換位置；交替發生 [（+with）] To make an interchange; to alternate. -- Sir P. Sidney.