Definition of "intending" []

• Purposing to become or be; prospective: intending lawyers; an intending contributor. (adjective)

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• "I did not use the word intending that connotation."
• "On 23 May 1794, the day after a different would-be assassin intending to kill Robespierre had fired on Collot d'Herbois, Renault made her attempt on Robespierre's life."
• "Knowing the nature of the woman, how ardent, how impetuous she could be, and how full of wrath, he had come at her call intending to tell her the truth which he now spoke."