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.
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In*tend"ed, n. 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.
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