intentionedadj.
/ɪnˈtɛnʃənd/ Having intentions (of a specified kind).
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the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intending or purposing > having intentions of specific kind
intentionated1620
intentioneda1645
good-intentioned1700
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. ii. 333 To let her know they were loyally intentioned.
1729 J. Swift Let. M'Culla's Project in Wks. (1765) VIII. 157 Those who are honest and best intentioned.
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 517 Lord Chief Justice's system is very great and noble, and very equitably intentioned.
1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (1845) ii. 111 So occupied and so intentioned, he continued to reside at Weimar.
1898 J. R. Trumbull Hist. Northampton, Mass. I. 2 A spirit of thrift undoubtedly permeated the best intentioned of them.
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