ALL meanings of first-intention
first-in·ten·tion
F f - noun first-intention an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result. 1
- noun first-intention the end or object intended; purpose. 1
- noun first-intention intentions. purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct: a bungler with good intentions. purpose or attitude with respect to marriage: Our friends are beginning to ask what our intentions are. 1
- noun first-intention the act or fact of intending. 1
- noun first-intention Logic. Also called first intention, primary intention. reference by signs, concepts, etc., to concrete things, their properties, classes, or the relationships among them. Also called second intention, secondary intention. reference to properties, classes, or the relationships among first intentions. 1
- noun first-intention Surgery, Medicine/Medical. a manner or process of healing, as in the healing of a lesion or fracture without granulation (healing by first intention) or the healing of a wound by granulation after suppuration (healing by second intention) 1
- noun first-intention meaning or significance: The intention of his words was clear. 1
- noun first-intention the person or thing meant to benefit from a prayer or religious offering. 1
- noun first-intention Archaic. intentness. 1