Definition of intention

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Intention (n.) Any mental apprehension of an object.

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Design :: Design (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design..
Threat :: Threat (n.) The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation..
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..
Intentioned :: Intentioned (a.) Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs..
Lie :: Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
Regrate :: Regrate (v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense..
Go-by :: Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by..
View :: View (n.) That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping..
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..
Intention :: Intention (n.) A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error..
Primarily :: Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
Snick :: Snick (n.) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional..
Malice :: Malice (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness..
Murder :: Murder (n.) The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide..
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
Change :: Change (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..
Observantine :: Observantine (n.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants..
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