intentive
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ententif, borrowed from Old French ententif, from Late Latin intentīvus (“intensive”), from Latin intendō (“I intend, I attend”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]intentive (comparative more intentive, superlative most intentive)
- Paying attention; attentive, heedful.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- the object is fine and accurate , it conduceth much to have the sense intentive and erect
- Intent (of the mind, thoughts etc.).
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- To which whilest she lent her intentive mind, / He suddenly his net upon her threw […]
- (grammar) Expressing intent.
See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]intentīve
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