intentive

intentive

English

Alternative forms

• ententive

Etymology

From Middle English ententif, borrowed from Old French ententif, from Late Latin intentīvus (“intensive”), from Latin intendō (“I intend, I attend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛntɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛntɪv

Adjective

intentive (comparative more intentive, superlative most intentive)

1. Paying attention; attentive, heedful.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

2. Intent (of the mind, thoughts etc.).
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:

     To which whilest she lent her intentive mind, / He suddenly his net upon her threw […]

3. (grammar) Expressing intent.

See also

• intensive

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Latin

Adjective

intentīve

1. vocative masculine singular of intentīvus