To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
To have (an) intention, purpose, or design; to intend; to mean.
meaning for existing or doing something.
Resolution; determination.
Function, role.
The end for which something is done, is made or exists.