different between intend vs entend

English

Etymology

From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendo, intendere. See also intensive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)

1. (transitive, intransitive, usually followed by the particle "to") To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

   Synonyms: mean, design, plan, purpose

2. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
3. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
4. To strain; make tense.
5. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
   • , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139:

     Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].

6. To apply with energy.
7. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
9. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• mean, mint (UK dialect), foremind (obsolete)

Related terms

• intense
• intensive
• intent
• intention
• intension

Translations

Anagrams

• Dinnet, dentin, indent, tinned

English

Etymology

Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend?. See intend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?nd/

Verb

entend (third-person singular simple present entends, present participle entending, simple past and past participle entended)

1. Obsolete form of intend.
2. (obsolete) To attend to; to apply oneself to.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

• E.D. Tenn., dennet, needn't

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

entend

1. present participle of enten

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Verb

entend

1. third-person singular present indicative of entendre