Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-TENT'
IN-TENT', n.
Literally, the stretching of the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim; applied to persons or things. The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the laws of duties supernatural. Hooker. I ask therefore, for what intent ye have sent for me? Acts x. To all intents, in all senses; whatever may be designed. He was miserable to all intents and purposes. L'Estrange.
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