Category:Intended

In*tend"ed, a.

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.

intended In*tend"ed, n.

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.