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intentions

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/ noun B2
  1. Desire to court, marry, date, woo or sleep with someone. (colloquial, figuratively) · He has intentions on your daughter.
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What could be his intentions towards him?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1085 · C1
In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection, and though her intentions did not vary for an instant, she was at first sorry for the pain he was to receive; till roused to resentment by his subsequent language, she lost all compassion in anger.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 220 · B2
He had found the law a most unprofitable study, and was now absolutely resolved on being ordained, if I would present him to the living in question--of which he trusted there could be little doubt, as he was well assured that I had no other person to provide for, and I could not have forgotten my revered father’s intentions.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 233 · B2
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 52 · B2

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