intendere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- intend verb To have a plan or purpose in mind to do something.
- ken verb To know or understand something (chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect).
- mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
- understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
Senses
intendere is used for these senses in English:
- intend (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- ken (transitive, mostly, Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.
- mean (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
- mean (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- mean (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]
ken — full definition
- verb To know or understand something (chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect).
- noun The range or limit of someone's knowledge or understanding.
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