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nounsubintent (plural subintents)
plural subintents
- A secondary or subsidiary intent; submeaning.
He referred to the dryness of this sort of day pointedly; but Judith missed his subintent, and conceived that the position was covered by the approach of Bullett the groom, with a pail of water for the horse.
1909, William De Morgan, It Never Can Happen Again, volume 2, page 661Synonyms: subintention
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nounA secondary or subsidiary intent; submeaning.
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subintent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subintent
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“subintent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subintent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subintent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subintent.
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