Intention

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any mental apprehension of an Object.

II. Intention ·noun The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.

III. Intention ·noun The state of being strained. ·see Intension.

IV. Intention ·noun A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.

V. Intention ·noun A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

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