animo [Lat.]; project &c 626; undertaking &c 676; predetermination &c
611; design, ambition.
contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look
out.
final cause; raison d'etre [Fr.]; cui bono [Lat.]; object, aim,
end; the be all and the end all; drift &c (meaning) 516; tendency &c
176; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain
[Mediev.]; prey, quarry, game.
decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled
purpose; ultimatum; resolution &c 604; wish &c 865; arriere pensee
[Fr.]; motive &c 615.
[Study of final causes] teleology.
V. intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a
design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in
petto; have an eye to.
bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at,
aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before
oneself; study to.
take upon oneself &c (undertake) 676; take into one's head;
meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate &c
611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate†; propose.
project &c (plan) 626; have a mind to &c (be willing) 602; desire
&c 865; pursue &c 622.
Adj. intended &c v.; intentional, advised, express, determinate;
prepense &c 611 [Obs.]; bound for; intending &c v.; minded; bent upon
&c (earnest) 604; at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis†; in view, in
prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological
Adv. intentionally &c adj.; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly,
designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly;
with intent &c n.; deliberately &c (with premeditation) 611; with one's
eyes open, in cold blood.
for; with a view, with an eye to; in order to, in order that; to
the end that, with the intent that; for the purpose of, with the view
of, in contemplation of, on account of.
in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo [Lat.]; to all intents and
purposes.
Phr. The road to hell is paved with good intentions [Johnson]; sublimi
feriam sidera vertice [Lat.] [Horace].