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Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

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.

Attentively; closely. [Obs.] "Intentively to observe." Holland.

Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South.

To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain. Two bosoms interchained with an oath. Shak.

To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.

To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.

To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. Dryden. Words interwove with sighs found out their way. Milton.

Shut up; inclosed. [R.] Cowper.

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Near; close; direct; thorough; complete. He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South.

ch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. "In the suburbs close intrenched." Shak.

Intimate; closely familiar. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. [R.] Ford.

A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.