单词 | intender |
释义 | intendern. 1. One who intends or purposes. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > one who intends or purposes purposerc1475 intendera1535 aimer1588 pretender1591 pretendant1598 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 44/2 Well perceyuyng that the intendours [1568 Grafton entendours] of suche a purpose, wolde rather haue hadde theyr harneys on theyr backes. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O4 I will rather blesse them, as instruments; then condemne them, as not intenders. 1660 Plea Ministers Sequest. 8 He cannot deny us to be pretenders (and intenders too) to Godliness. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 148 An intender of Publique charity. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > claimant to office of ruler pretender1593 intender1640 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 185 Henry of Spaine, son of King John the Intender. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1535 |
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