Intention
Intention , noun
[French intention, Latin intentio. See Intend, and compare Intension.]
1.
A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea.
2.
A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
3.
The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
4.
The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obsolete]
5.
(Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object.
Collocations (4)
First intention (Logic) , a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone.
Second intention (Logic) , a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness.
To heal by the first intention (Surgery) , to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration.
To heal by the second intention (Surgery) , to unite after suppuration.