† intentialadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of or belonging to the intent or meaning: cf. intent n. 5.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [adjective]
intential?c1470
significant1600
material1602
?c1470 G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 39 Poems 14 Thaugh all thynges be nat..swetely englisshed..I byseche you hertely to excuse it, So that I kepe intential substance.
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