Word Meanings - INTENTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , 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 , a conception generalized from

Additional info about word: INTENTION

Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , 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 , 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 , to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. -- To heal by the second intention , to unite after suppuration. Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design. (more info) 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 , the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot. 4. The state of being strained. See Intension.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTENTION)

• Aim
• Tendency
• intent
• aspiration
• bent
• drift
• object
• scope
• goal
• purpose
• mark
• end
• design
• intention
• Bent
• Inclination
• angle
• direction
• bias
• determination
• disposition
• prepossession
• propensity
• predilection
• turn
• leaning
• Design
• Contemplation
• pur pose
• plan
• delineation
• sketch
• drawing
• artifice
• cunning
• artfulness
• guile
• contrivance
• project
• scheme
• Destination
• Purpose
• consignment
• fate
• doom
• arrival
• application
• use
• appointment
• point
• location
• aim
• Drift
• motion
• tenor
• meaning
• purport
• result
• issue
• conclusion
• course

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INTENTION)

• Recal
• withdraw
• draw
• retract
• pull
• attract
• rebound
• recoil
• adduce
• revert
• rebate
• Chance
• risk
• hazard
• revoke
• Miscalculate
• venture
• stake
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to INTENTION)

• DRAWER
  An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• PROJECTION
  The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• REVOKER
  One who revokes.
• INTENTIONALITY
  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• DRAWCANSIR
  A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• DRIFTBOLT
  A bolt for driving out other bolts.
• ARTIFICER
  A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SCOPELINE
  Scopeloid.
• REVERT
  To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• LEANING
  The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• DISVENTURE
  A disadventure. Shelton.
• HAEMATOSCOPE
  A hæmoscope.
• MISDEMEAN
  To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
• DEMEANURE
  Behavior. Spenser.
• SADDUCEEISM; SADDUCISM
  The tenets of the Sadducees.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• EXCITO-MOTION
  Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
• LACTOSCOPE
  An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• METEOROSCOPE
  An astrolabe; a planisphere. An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.