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Intended
Pronunciation : In*tend"ed
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*tend"ed
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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