Word Meanings - INTENTIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Attentive; intent. Spenser.

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• INTENTIONALITY
  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
• INTENTIONAL
  Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
• INTENTNESS
  The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South.
• INTENTLY
  In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed. Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly.
• INTENTIONALLY
  In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
• INTENT
  1. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement. 2. Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to,
• INTENTION
  Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention , a conception generalized from
• INTENTIVELY
  Attentively; closely. "Intentively to observe." Holland.
• SPENSERIAN
  Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
• INTENTATION
  Intention.
• ATTENTIVE
  1. Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention. Note: Attentive is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as, an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind,
• INTENTIONED
  Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well- intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
• INTENTIVE
  Attentive; intent. Spenser.
• INTENTIVENESS
  Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. W. Montagu.
• DISPENSER
  One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
• INATTENTIVE
  Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive habit. I. Watts. Syn. -- Careless; heedless; regardless; thoughtless; negligent; remiss; inadvertent.
• WELL-INTENTIONED
  Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay.
• UNATTENTIVE
  Inattentive; careless.