With infinitive, present or perfect, with or without to (†for to, †till): To expect, hope, wish; to purpose, intend, be minded.

In indirect reported speech or thought, or its virtual equivalent, in statements in the second and third persons reporting an original statement…

With indirect question or exclamation as object. (For direct construction see sense 1b.) transitive. In reference to something to be done, with…

With infinitive or absol. (rarely reflexive): To fix it in one's mind; to determine, intend, purpose; to set oneself to do something.

to be (later also to have it) in purpose: to intend, to be minded to do something. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

To have it in the mind as a purpose to do something; = intend, v. 18 (Cf. attend, v. IV.) Obsolete exc. dialect. (After 1500 chiefly Scottish)

To design, purpose, intend, determine (to do a thing). Obsolete.

transitive. With infinitive. To expect, plan, or intend to do something. Now chiefly regional.

To have (something) as an object, intention, or desired outcome; to be determined upon; to seek to… intransitive. With infinitive as complement. Also…

transitive. To determine (a result) by one's will; to attempt to cause or aim at effecting (a state of affairs) by the exercise of one's will; to…

To purpose, aim, intend. Obsolete. rare.

With infinitive. To think in the least, have any idea of (doing something). Obsolete. rare.

transitive (with infinitive as object). To resolve or decide in advance to do something. Cf. predetermined, adj. 2.