Word: meant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...real burlesque, worthy of the name, a caricature of something; not the inane and insane business that has usurped the name of burlesque of late years, and is really a burlesque or caricature of nothing at all. The rumor was spread abroad early in the season that the Pudding meant to do something really "serious" this time. Well, "serious" is a comparative term, and people who feared that this year's theatricals would furnish no food for laughter troubled themselves quite unnecessarily; "Proserpina" is not "serious" enough to hurt; it is about as serious as "Orphee aux Enfers." But this...
...Bussey institution is a school of agriculture and horticulture, established in execution of the will of Benjamin Bussey, which gives systematic instruction in agriculture, useful and ornamental gardening, and stock raising. It is, in general, meant for young men who intend to become farmers, gardeners, florists, or landscape gardeners, as well as for those who will naturally be called upon to manage large estates, or who wish to qualify themselves to be overseers or superintendents of farms, country seats, or public institutions...
...undersigned Student Committee, chosen for the purpose of arranging for a College Conference, so called, wish to explain what is meant by that phrase. The Conference is to be simply a talk between students, instructors and administrators on a subject interesting all alike, and this, on 'How Harvard Students are Governed,' is intended to show the men how the administration is carried...
...Gainsborough left Bath and moved to London, a migration which was due to the well-meant but intolerable persecution of his friend Fickness. At London he was more successful than ever. The queen invited him to paint her portrait. He did it so well that he was asked to paint the portraits of all the royal family. In 1784 he sent a full length picture of the three princesses to the Royal Academy, which he requested to be hung on a line with the eye. This the officials refused to do, and the matter ended by his withdrawing the picture...
When Jesus said, "Believe in me," he meant that men should believe in God through him, that they should open mind and heart to Him and yield themselves to the sway of His holy will. Here was guidance, strength and inspiration...