meant

Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meant} (m[e^]nt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Meaning}.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite,
   tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind,
   mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw.
   mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. [root]104. See {Mind}, and
   cf. {Moan}.]
   1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to
      intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
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            What mean ye by this service ?        --Ex. xii. 26.
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            Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
            good.                                 --Gen. 1. 20.
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            I am not a Spaniard
            To say that it is yours and not to mean it.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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   2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
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            What mean these seven ewe lambs ?     --Gen. xxi.
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            Go ye, and learn what that meaneth.   --Matt. ix.
                                                  13.
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Meant \Meant\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Mean}.
   [1913 Webster] Meantime
    

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "meant":
      advised, aimed, aimed at, assumed, calculated, conscious,
      considered, contemplated, deliberate, deliberated, designed,
      envisaged, envisioned, hinted, implicated, implied, indicated,
      inferred, intended, intentional, intimated, involved, knowing,
      meditated, of design, planned, presumed, presupposed, projected,
      proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, studied, suggested,
      supposed, teleological, voluntary, willful, witting