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intentive (iou)



intentive adjective. Now rare or obsolete. Also (earlier) ententive. LME.
[Old French ententif, intentif, -ive, from entent: see INTENT noun, -IVE.]
Of a person: attentive, assiduous. LME.
Of the faculties or thoughts, an action, a look, etc.: intently directed. LME.
Albert Smith Many..were at breakfast..with such intentive appetites, that they took no notice of the courteous salute.
intentively adverb ME.
intentiveness noun M16.