Definition of intention

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Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.

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Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..
Mean :: Mean (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.
Propose :: Propose (v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes..
Design :: Design (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design..
Malignant :: Malignant (n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.
Deuteroscopy :: Deuteroscopy (n.) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.
Purpose :: Purpose (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Ecbatic :: Ecbatic (a.) Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase / /, if rendered so that it was fulfilled, is ecbatic; if rendered in order that it might be. etc., is telic..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep..
Designedly :: Designedly (adv.) By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently..
Animus :: Animus (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper.
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
Disguise :: Disguise (v. t.) To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions..
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..
Notion :: Notion () Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it..
Design :: Design (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
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