† inˈtentionary, a. and n. Obs.
[f. intention + -ary.]
A. adj. a. = intentional a.
| 1647 Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 496 We give no ear, no serious and intentionary hearkening to it. 1684 Depos. Cast. York (Surtees) 266 A combiner with and intentionary introducer of Popery. |
b. According to legal intent or intendment.
| 1647 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxxix. (1739) 173 The intentionary sense of the Statute..although not within the explicite words of that Law. |
B. n. One who does something with ‘intention’: cf. intention 12.
| 1619 W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 246 Not lesse blame-worthy are our superstitious Votaries or Intentionaries, that walke out of Gods Church, to the Shrines of Saints, and..the Holy Land. |