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

Intention. [Obs.]

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.

Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.

The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.

In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.

Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well- intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.

Attentive; intent. [Obs.] Spenser.

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

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

In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

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

Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay.

In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. Luke ii. 49.

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

he charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor.

d. I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay. The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. Kent. In advance (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is advance to B a thousand dollars or…

missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.