intend

verb9

1. •
   to have a plan in mind to do something

   • He intends to go to university.
   • They evidently intended some mischief.
2. •
   To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
3. •
   To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
4. •
   To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
5. •
   To apply with energy.
6. •
   To strain; make tense.
7. •
   To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
8. •
   (no longer used) To stretch to extend; distend.
9. •
   (no longer used) To intensify; strengthen.

   • Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […]. — 2001