INTEND

intend,vb.1. To have in mind a fixed purpose to reach a desired objective; to have as one’s purpose <Daniel intended to become a lawyer>.2. To contemplate that the usual consequences of one’s act will probably or necessarily follow from the act, whether or not those consequences are desired for their own sake <although he activated the theater’s fire alarm only on a dare, the jury found that Wilbur intended to cause a panic>.3. To signify or mean <the parties intended for the writing to supersede their earlier handshake deal>.

[Blacks Law 8th]