intentive
Example Sentences
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When the Syllable accented happens to be the last save one of a Word; as, As busy—as intentive Emmets are; Or Cities—whom unlook'd-for Sieges scare.Dav.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
When Terah, Nahor, Haran, Abram, Lot, The youthful world’s gray fathers in one knot, Did with intentive looks watch every hour For thy new light, and trembled at each shower!
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
