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for all intents and purposes
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for all practical purposes
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to all intents and purposes
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To all intents and purposes
(gcide) | Intent \In*tent"\, n. [OE. entent, entente, attention, purpose,
OF. entente, F. entente understanding, meaning; a participial
noun, fr. F. & OF. entendre. See Intend.]
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a
design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
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Be thy intents wicked or charitable. --Shak.
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The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the
laws of duties supernatural. --Hooker.
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To all intents and purposes, in all applications or senses;
practically; really; virtually; in essence; essentially.
"He was miserable to all intents and purpose."
--L'Estrange.
Syn: Design; purpose; intention; meaning; purport; view;
drift; object; end; aim; plan.
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To be at cross-purposes
(gcide) | cross-purpose \cross"-pur`pose\ (-p?r`p?s), n.
1. A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that
which is inconsistent or contradictory. --Shaftesbury.
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2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers
are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas.
--Pepys.
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To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter
to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
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for all intents and purposes
(wn) | for all intents and purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |
for all practical purposes
(wn) | for all practical purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |
to all intents and purposes
(wn) | to all intents and purposes
adv 1: in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes
the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical
purposes useless" [syn: for all practical purposes, {to
all intents and purposes}, {for all intents and
purposes}] |