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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Done deliberately; intended: synonym: voluntary.
  • adjective Having to do with intention.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Done with intention, design, or purpose; intended; designed.
  • In metaphysics, pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational; apparent.
  • noun In metaphysics, an appearance having no substantial existence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Done by intention or design; intended; designed. Opposite of unintentional or unintended.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
  • adjective law Done with intent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characterized by conscious design or purpose
  • adjective done or made or performed with purpose and intent

Etymologies

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intention + -al

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