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.
In`ter*ar`bo*ra"tion (?), n. The interweaving of branches of trees.
[R.] Sir T. Browne.
In`ter*ar*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated between joints or
articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
In`ter*a*tom"ic (?), a. (Chem. & Physics) Between atoms; situated, or
acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
In`ter*au"lic (?), a. Existing between royal courts. [R.] "Interaulic
politics." Motley.
In`ter*au*ric"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between the auricles; as, the
interauricular partition of the heart.
In`ter*ax"al (?), a. (Arch.) Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt.
In`ter*ax"il*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils
of leaves.
In`ter*ax"is (?), n.; pl. Interaxes (&?;). (Arch.) The space between
two axes. See Axis, 6.
The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally
in the interaxes.
Gwilt.
In`ter*bas*ta"tion (?), n. [Pref. inter- + baste to sew.] Patchwork.
[Obs.] Dr. J. Smith.
In`ter*brach"i*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the arms.
In`ter*brain` (?), n. (Anat.) See Thalamencephalon.
In`ter*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the branchiæ.
In`ter*breed" (?), v. t. & i. To breed by crossing different stocks of
animals or plants.
In*ter"ca*lar (?), a. Intercalary.
In*ter"ca*la*ry (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F.
intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an
intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd
day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
"Intercalary spines." Owen.
This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.
Beattie.
Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent
disease occurs. Mayne.
In*ter"ca*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Intercalating (?).] [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to
intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim.
See Calendar.]
1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a
calendar.
2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to
introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series
of rocks.
Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and
interstratified with the shale.
Mantell.