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   Intention , n. [F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension.]
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   A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
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   Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea.
   Locke.
   
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   A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
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   Hell is paved with good intentions.
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   The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
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   In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
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   The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]
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   (Logic) Any mental apprehension of an object.
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   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 (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. -- To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration.
   Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design.
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