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intendiment

intendiment noun: understanding; careful consideration, attention.

Noun

intendiment (countable and uncountable, plural intendiments)

  1. (obsolete) Understanding; careful consideration, attention.
    • be nought hereat dismayd, / Till well ye wote by graue intendiment, / What woman, and wherefore doth me vpbrayd […].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) Intention, objective.
    • The noble Mayd still standing all this vewd, / And merveild at his straunge intendiment.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of intendiment

pluralintendiments

Origin of intendiment

From Medieval Latin intendimentum.

Questions about intendiment

What does intendiment mean?
Intendiment means understanding; careful consideration, attention.
What part of speech is intendiment?
Intendiment is a noun.
What is the plural of intendiment?
The plural of intendiment is intendiments.

Words near intendiment in the dictionary

  1. intendering
  2. intenders
  3. intendest
  4. intendeth
  5. intendible
  6. intendiment
  7. intendiments
  8. intendin'
  9. intending
  10. intendingly
  11. intendings

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