Taxonomy of meanings for 擬欲:  

  • DESIRE
    • VPt+V[0]want to, wish to, intent to (dissylabic vernacular modal verb expressing volition; the modal verb also appears in Buddhist translations (mainly from the Sui and Tang?))
  • FUTURE
    • VPt+V[0]be about to (as most of the modal verbs of volition, the dissylabic vernacular 擬欲 has the extended meaning of expressing an immanent action/near future)