Intention

1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
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.
3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
4. The state of being strained. See Intension.
5. (Logic) 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.