Intend
Intend verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.
Usage example: lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law
Spell
Spell verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.
Usage example: that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble
Intend is a synonym for spell in mean topic. Sometimes you can use "Intend" instead a verb "Spell", if it concerns topics such as meaning.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Hero did not intend to make his trip to Mordavia, and instead was shanghaied by the Big Bad and unceremoniously dumped in the middle of the Cave of the Dark One when the teleport spell fizzled out.
Source: Right Man in the Wrong Place -
First, she gets people to reveal they like each other with a Truth-Revelation Spell aka the blabbing spell, which causes people to say much more than they intend to.
Source: The Matchmaker - Even if you only intend to use bound weapons, this trick will let you have the levels necessary to get the Bound Bow spell (most expensive, requires level 50 conjuration) and all the perks relating to bound weapons by the time you clear the barrow.
Source: Game Breaker / The Elder Scrolls
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