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King James Dictionary
• Intent
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sacraments, Intention for the
• Purity of Intention
• Intention, Purity of
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Intent
Webster Dictionary
• Intentness
• Intently
• Intentiveness
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Intent
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Intend; Intent
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Intention
• Special Intention
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Intention
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Intention
Lexicons
• ἀτενίζω
• βούλημα
• διαβλέπω
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• דִּבְרָה
• זִמָּה
• יֵצֶר
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(1):

(n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.

(2):

(n.) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.

(3):

(n.) Any mental apprehension of an object.

(4):

(n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

(5):

(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.