FIRST INTENTION
\fˈɜːst ɪntˈɛnʃən], \fˈɜːst ɪntˈɛnʃən], \f_ˈɜː_s_t ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By William R. Warner
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An immediate union in which the surfaces of the wound become glued together by an albuminous fluid and the wound heals without further redness or swelling; also known as healing by immediate union, healing by adhesive inflammation, and healing by primary adhesion.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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(Log.) A distinction drawn between acts of thought relating to an object out of the mind, as mountain, stream, etc., which are first intentions, and those in which the mind expresses its own states of consciousness, as generalization, abstraction, etc., which are second intentions.
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See Intention.
By Henry Percy Smith
