intentare

intentare [CL] 1 a to hold or stretch out (towards), point (at). b to stretch out, set (trap, snare; in quot., in fig. context). c to aim (weapon) at (also w. fighter as obj., and in fig. context). d (w. abstr. as obj., cf. infra) to direct (at, sc. in hostile manner). a digitos suos in oculos sanati ~ans W. Malm. GR II 223.  b traditor ‥ fallatie sue tendiculam ~at T. Mon. Will. I 4.  c ferunt ‥ in nepotem et comparem excommunicationis jaculum ~asse W. Malm. GR III 267; Dionisius ‥ tirannus Democrito familiari suo suspensum capiti ~avit gladium Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 1 p. 68; plebs excita furit nec abest, qui Laomedontem / intentet Danais, ultro ni litore cedant J. Exon. BT I 123.  d nec dissimulabat omnis Gallia imperatorem execrari, ecclesiastici zeli vigore in eum ~ato W. Malm. GR V 430; quod nichil illi moribus pretenderent, in quod rigor episcopalis ~ari deberet Id. GP I 15. 2 a to threaten, devise (var. ills); b (punishment). c to make (threat). d (w. inf.) to threaten (to). a quas [sc. calamitates] ‥ conspiratio germanorum ‥ ~abat Aldh. VirgP 53; proelia ‥ intentant Frith. 788 (v. 1 hasta 1); 1169 fortasse pertimescetis minas insidiantium et ~antium labores et dolores J. Sal. Ep. 289 (292); Antipater hos persequitur velut hostes / intentansque dolos undique bella movet Id. Enth. Phil. 1384; nos ab intemptato nobis exterminio liberari Gerv. Cant. Chr. 343; 1333 regnum nostrum hostiliter invadere presumpserunt, guerram et mala que possunt nobis ‥ perperam intemptantes RScot 233b illum fore ab ~ata morte divino munere preservatum Mir. Hen. VI I 22.  b 1168 ut penam, quam ~averant innocenti, consiliarii nocentes exciperent J. Sal. Ep. 233 (239); temporales pene transgressoribus ~abantur P. Blois Serm. 719C; quam excommunicacionis sentenciam non proferendo intulit, set intemptando NLA I 267.  c cum ab iniquo principe minae ‥ ~arentur Gildas EB 75; cum blanditiis nichil promoverent, minas ~are ceperunt W. Malm. HN 509; minas graves ~antes eidem Proc. A. Kyteler 13.  d [canes] ei in mediis insilire vultibus intemptabant R. Cold. Cuthb. 17 p. 32; intemptaret ‥ absorbere Id. Godr. 51 (v. 1 frustum 3). 3 (leg.) to bring (charge or action) (against). si quis alii Dei plegium intemptet [v. l. alium godborghes oncunne] et compellare velit ‥ (Quad.) GAS 67; 1248 omni accioni quam ~averat ‥ renunciavit Cart. Mont. S. Mich. 88; 1271 actio ab eodem magistro contra ipsum ~ata SelCCant 90; 1393 subditorum nostrorum accionem justissime ~atam Dip. Corr. Ric. II 121; a1431 causa ‥ quam tam plane ~at veritas, et planissime apud vestram sanctimoniam justitia recommendat Reg. Whet. II 371. 4 to attempt, undertake. felicia auspicia operis ~ati G. Hen. V 3 (v. 1 felix 2). 5 a (trans.) to attend to, look after. b (w. dat. or prep.) to pay attention to, apply oneself to. a boves debiles et male ~ati Fleta II 76 p. 165.  b merguli ‥ assiduis capturis piscium ~antes et inhiantes Gir. GE II 33 p. 327; de actionibus possessoris ~emus Fleta IV 1 p. 213. 6 dub.. dum ‥ violentia ventorum accepta intemptat in eam partem evolat [sc. nubes] ubi ventos non invenit [MSS: interemptat or word omitted; ? l. acceptam [sc. nubem] temptat] Bern. Comm. Aen. 7.