Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intent \In*tent"\, n. [OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose,
   OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial
   noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See {Intend}.]
   The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a
   design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

         Be thy intents wicked or charitable.     --Shak.

         The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the
         ?aws of duties supernatural.             --Hooker.

   {To all intents}, {and purposes}, in all applications or
      senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. ``He
      was miserable to all intents and purpose.'' --L'Estrange.

   Syn: Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;
        drift; object; end; aim; plan.