Defn: Unseasonably. [Obs.]
INTEMPESTIVITY In*tem`pes*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité.]
Defn: Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales.
INTENABLE
In*ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + tenable: cf. F. intenable.]
Defn: Incapable of being held; untenable; not defensible; as, an intenable opinion; an intenable fortress. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
INTEND In*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] Etym: [OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]
1. To stretch' to extend; to distend. [Obs.] By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale.
2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth.
3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton.
4. To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson.