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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.

In*ten"tion*al (?), a. [Cf. F. intentionnel.] Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.

In*ten`tion*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.

In*ten"tion*al*ly (?), adv. In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.

In*ten"tioned (?), a. Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.

In*ten"tive (?), a. [OE. ententif, OF. ententif, fr. L. intentivus intensive. See Intent, n., and cf. Intensive.] Attentive; intent. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*ten"tive*ly, adv. Attentively; closely. [Obs.] "Intentively to observe." Holland.

In*ten"tive*ness, n. Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

In*tent"ly (?), adv. In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly.

In*tent"ness, n. The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business.

South.

In"ter- (?). [L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar between, in, and E. in. See In, and cf. Entrails, Interior, Enter-, Exterior.] A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.

In*ter" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interring (?).] [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.] To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.

In`ter*act" (?), n. [Pref. inter- + act. Cf. Entr'acte.] A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield.

In`ter*act", v. i. To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact. Emerson. Tyndall.

In`ter*ac"tion (?), n. 1. Intermediate action.

2. Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.

In`ter*ad"di*tive (?), a. Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.

In`ter*a"gen*cy (?), n. Intermediate agency.

In`ter*a"gent (?), n. An intermediate agent.

In"ter*all (?), n. Entrail or inside. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

In`ter*al"ve*o*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.

In`ter*am`bu*la"cral (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.

||In`ter*am`bu*la"crum (?), n.; pl. L. Interambulacra (&?;), E. ||Interambulacrums (&?;). (Zoöl.) In echinoderms, one of the areas or ||zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum. || In`ter*am"ni*an (?), a. [Pref. inter- + L. amnis river: cf. L. interamnus.] Situated between rivers. [R.] "An interamnian country." J. Bryant.

In`ter*an"i*mate (?), v. t. To animate or inspire mutually. [Obs.] Donne.