Discourse; conversation, A dance resembling a cotillion, a characteristic feature of which was the introduction of confidential or coquettish conversation, That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan, verb_ propose or intend, reach a decision, transitive verb_ To intend or resolve, To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause, intransitive verb_ obsolete To have a purpose or intention; to discourse