intention eagerness of attention or of desire:
“with such a greedy intention,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 3.
63
;
“my intention hearing not my tongue,”
MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ii. 4. 3
(
“invention,”
Cambridge
);
“thy intention stabs the centre,”
THE WINTER'S TALE, i. 2.
138.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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