Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Intemperature

In‐tem″per‐a‐ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. OF. intemperature.] Intemperateness. Boyle.

3701

Intempestive

In′tem‐pes″tive (?), a. [L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.] Out of season; untimely. Burton.Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales.

3702

Intempestively

In′tem‐pes″tive‐ly, adv. Unseasonably.

3703

Intempestivity

In‐tem′pes‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. [L. intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité.] Unseasonableness; untimeliness. Hales.

3704

Intenable

In‐ten″a‐ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + tenable: cf. F. intenable.] Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. Bp. Warbur...

3705

Intend

In‐tend″ (ĭn‐tĕnd″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intended; p. pr. & vb. n.Intending.] [OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, atte...

3706

Intendancy

In‐tend″an‐cy (?), n.; pl.Intendancies (#). [Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant.]1. The office or employment of an intendant.2. A territorial district committed to the charge of a...

3707

Intendant

In‐tend″ant (?), n. [F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.] One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business;...

3708

Intendant (2)

In‐tend″ant, a. [See Intend.] Attentive.

3709

Intended

In‐tend″ed, a. 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. Spenser.2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowpe...

3710

Intended (2)

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 ...

3711

Intendedly

In‐tend″ed‐ly, adv. Intentionally. Milton.

3712

Intendent

In‐tend″ent (?), n. See Intendant, n.

3713

Intender

In‐tend″er (?), n. One who intends. Feltham.

3714

Intendiment

In‐tend″i‐ment (?), n. [LL. intendimentum. See Intendment.] Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. Spenser.

3715

Intendment

In‐tend″ment (?), n. [OE. entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend.]1. Charge; oversight. Ford.2. Intention; design; purpose.The int...

3716

Intenerate

In‐ten″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intenerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Intenerating.] [Pref. in- in + L. tener soft, tender. See Tender, a.] To make tender or sensitive; to softe...

3717

Intenerate (2)

In‐ten″er‐ate (ĭn‐tĕn″ẽr‐ā̍t), a. Made tender or soft; softened.

3718

Inteneration

In‐ten′er‐a″tion (–ā″shŭn), n. The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. Bacon.

3719

Intenible

In‐ten″i‐ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + L. tenere to hold: cf. L. intenibilis not to be grasped. Cf. Intenable.] Incapable of holding or containing.This captious and intenible sie...

3720

Intensate

In‐ten″sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intensated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Intensating.] [See Intense.] To intensify. Emerson.

3721

Intensation

In′ten‐sa″tion (?), n. The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax. Carlyle.

3722

Intensative

In‐ten″sa‐tive (?), a. Adding intensity; intensifying.

3723

Intense

In‐tense″ (?), a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept o...

3724

Intensely

In‐tense″ly, adv. 1. Intently. J. Spencer.2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold.

3725

Intenseness

In‐tense″ness, n. The state or quality of being intense; intensity; as, the intenseness of heat or cold; the intenseness of study or thought.

3726

Intensification

In‐ten′si‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.