Met an eccentric as intended (5)
I believe the answer is:
meant
'as intended' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'met an eccentric' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates anagramming the letters.
'met'+'an'='metan'
'metan' anagrammed gives 'MEANT'.
(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "Implied" , "Intentional" , "no accident" , "Signified" , "Deliberate" .)