intentional

noun

(grammar) The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages.

(philosophy, archaic) Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.

adjective

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter.

(law) Done with intent.

(philosophy, obsolete) Object to intention, only appearing due to wilful perception.

Roots

tendotent- · Latin · stretch

Synonyms for intentional

deliberateadj designedadj purposefuladj premeditatedadj purposiveadj intendedadj purposedv willfuladj plannedadj meantv

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