intent (the sense ‘purpose, design’, and its wider development ‘will, inclination, desire,’ are the commonest uses)
1.
aim, bent Tw.N. II. iv. 78, Lucr. 46.
2.
meaning, import,
purport
Mer.V. IV. i. 247
“the and purpose of
the law,”
2H4 IV. i. 9, 1H6 IV. i. 103,
Ant. II. ii. 45
“to catch at mine
intent.”