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noun

Intension n.

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency. "Sounds... likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind."

(Logic & Metaph.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; opposed to extension, extent, or sphere. "This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension."

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Etymology of 'Intension'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... for example, 'fragile' and 'frail,' 'intension' and 'intention,' 'providential' and 'prudential,' and many ...

— Introduction to the History of Religions - Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV • Crawford Howell Toy

... religion in the church. One of the most significant words spoken by Christ was, "Many are called but few chosen." The church seems to be carried away with the idea of the extension of God's Kingdom when it does not sufficiently grasp the idea of its intension. Because there is not depth in spiritual life, not intensiveness in the culture of souls, the church does not gain much in expansion. Again, the church is an organization, but an organization presupposes an organ. It is evident that if the organ—the instrument upon which all ...

— The Defects of the Negro Church - The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 10 • Orishatukeh Faduma

... although at the beginning it seemed difficult, became a little after so sweet, so easy, and so delightful, that it seemed rather the recreation of a king than the study of a scholar. Nevertheless Ponocrates, to divert him from this vehement intension of the spirits, thought fit, once in a month, upon some fair and clear day, to go out of the city betimes in the morning, either towards Gentilly, or Boulogne, or to Montrouge, or Charanton bridge, or to Vanves, or St. Clou, and there spend all the day long in ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais