INTENTIONS
Noun
intentions
plural of intention
Source: Wiktionary
INTENTION
In*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf.
Intension.]
1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward 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. Locke.
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. Johnson.
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. Arbuthnot.
4. The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]
5. (Logic)
Definition: Any mental apprehension of an object. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition