[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intent \intent"\, a. l. intentus, p. p. of intendere. see
   intend, and cf. intense.
   1913 webster
   1. closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the
      mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on
      self-improvement.
      1913 webster

   2. having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object;
      sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with
      to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
      "intent on mischief." --milton.
      1913 webster

            be intent and solicitous to take up the meaning of
            the speaker.                          --i. watts.
      1913 webster
see also:
intend intense 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intent \intent"\, n. oe. entent, entente, attention, purpose,
   of. entente, f. entente understanding, meaning; a participial
   noun, fr. f.  of. entendre. see intend.
   the act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a
   design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
   1913 webster

         be thy intents wicked or charitable.     --shak.
   1913 webster

         the principal intent of scripture is to deliver the
         laws of duties supernatural.             --hooker.
   1913 webster

   to all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses;
      practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially.
      "he was miserable to all intents and purpose."
      --l'estrange.

   syn: design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;
        drift; object; end; aim; plan.
        1913 webster
see also:
intend to all intents and purposes 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

intent
     adj 1: directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an
            intent gaze" syn: fixed
     2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that
        engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally
        engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
        fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- walter de
        la mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" syn: absorbed,
         engrossed, enwrapped, rapt, wrapped
     n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
          planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
          translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
          created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
          needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" syn: purpose,
           intention, aim, design
     2: the intended meaning of a communication syn: purport, spirit
see also:
fixed absorbed engrossed enwrapped rapt wrapped 
purpose intention aim design purport 
spirit 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

183 moby thesaurus words for "intent":
   abandoned, absorbed, absorbed in, acceptation, advertent, afire,
   agog, aim, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambition, animus, ardent,
   aspiration, assiduous, attending, attentive, avid, aware, bent,
   bent on, buried in, burning, careful, caught up in, committed,
   conation, concentrated, conscious, contemplating, contemplative,
   counsel, dead set on, decided, decided upon, decisive, dedicated,
   deep, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination,
   determined, determined upon, devoted, devoted to, devout, diligent,
   eager, earnest, effect, end, engaged, engrossed, engrossed in,
   enthusiastic, faithful, fervent, fervid, fiery, finical, finicking,
   finicky, firm, fixed, fixed purpose, fixed upon, flaming, function,
   goal, hearty, heated, heedful, hell-bent on, hot, hot-blooded,
   idea, immersed, immersed in, impassioned, import, in earnest,
   in effect, inclination, intending, intendment, intense, intent on,
   intent upon, intention, intentive, involved, keen, lost in, loyal,
   meaning, meditating, meditative, meticulous, mind, mindful,
   monomaniacal, monopolized, more or less, motive, nice, niggling,
   nisus, object, objective, observant, observing, obsessed, occupied,
   on fire, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed,
   openmouthed, passionate, perfervid, plan, point, practically,
   preoccupied, project, proposal, prospectus, purport, purpose, rapt,
   red-hot, regardful, resolute, resolution, resolve, resolved,
   resolved upon, riveted, sake, sense, serious, set, set on, settled,
   settled upon, significance, significancy, signification, sincere,
   single-minded, sot on, spirited, steadfast, steady, striving,
   studious, study, studying, submerged in, swept up, taken up with,
   target, tendency, totally absorbed, understanding, vehement, view,
   virtually, volition, warm, watchful, watching, white-hot, will,
   wrapped, wrapped in, wrapped up, wrapped up in, zealous

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