Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intention \In*ten"tion\, n. [F. intention, L. intentio. See
   {Intend}, and cf. {Intension}.]
   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 [chronical distempers], the principal intention
            is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   4. The state of being strained. See {Intension}. [Obs.]

   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.

   Syn: Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport;
        meaning. See {Design}.

Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
   following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.
   {Secund}.]
   1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
      order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;
      other.

            And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
                                                  xli. 5.

   2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
      rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

            May the day when we become the second people upon
            earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                                  --Landor.

   3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
      another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;
      a second deluge.

            A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.

   {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.

   {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.

   {Second-cut file}. See under {File}.

   {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the
      foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
      ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]

   {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.

   {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter
      work, as chamber work or waiting on table.

   {Second intention}. See under {Intention}.

   {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range
      of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
      called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground
      floor.

   {Second} {thought or thoughts}, consideration of a matter
      following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.

            On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
            known him.                            --Dickens.