Sec"ond , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seconded;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Seconding.] [Cf. F. seconder, L.
secundare, from secundus. See Second, a.] 1. To follow in
the next place; to succeed; to alternate. [R.]
In the method of nature, a low
valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill.
Fuller. Sin is seconded with sin. South. 2. To follow or
attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second
of; to assist; to forward; to encourage. We have supplies to second our attempt.
Shak. In human works though labored on with pain,
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to second too some other use. Pope. 3. Specifically, to support, as a
motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or
proposer.
Sec"ond (?), n.
1. One who,
or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and
inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power. Man
An angel's second, nor his second long. Young. 2. One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer;
an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid
in a duel. Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.
3. Aid; assistance; help.
[Obs.] Give second, and my love
Is
everlasting thine. J. Fletcher. 4. pl.
An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
5. [F. seconde. See Second, a.] The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this
place. 6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line.
See Inch, and Prime, n., 8. 7. (Mus.) (a) The interval between any tone and the
tone which is represented on the degree of
the staff next above it. (b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto. Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.
Sec"ond (?), a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to
follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.] 1. Immediately following
the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another; other. And he slept
and dreamed the second time.
Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. May the day when we become the second people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter
extirpation. Landor.
3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! Shak. Second Adventist.
See Adventist. -- Second cousin, the child of
a cousin. -- Second-cut file. See under File. -- Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also
middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] -- Second estate
(Eng.), the House of Peers. -- Second girl, a female house- servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table. -- Second intention. See under Intention.
-- Second story,
Second floor, in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. -- Second thought or thoughts, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration. On second thoughts,
gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. Dickens.
Quotes From Classical Literature on 'second'You can hear pronunciation of the quotes if you click on  . The sound files tend to be pretty big.
 Ha' s left the cause o' th' King vnhandled, and
Is posted as the Agent of our Cardinall,
To second all his plot. I do assure you,
The King cry' de Ha, at this
Cham. Now God incense him,
And let him cry Ha, lowder
that this band of the inscription is concerned with predynastic
Egyptian princes; for the cartouche of the king, whose years are
enumerated in the second band immediately below the kings of the
south, reads Athet, a name we may with certainty identify with
Athothes, the second successor of Menes, founder of the Ist Dynasty,
which is already given under the form Ateth in the Abydos List of
Kings.[5] It is thus quite certain that the first band of the
inscription relates to the earlier periods before the two halves of
dead? There is our problem. She is a lady of precise habits,
and for four years it has been her invariable custom to write
every second week to Miss Dobney, her old governess, who has long
retired and lives in Camberwell. It is this Miss Dobney who has
consulted me. Nearly five weeks have passed without a word. The
last letter was from the Hotel National at Lausanne. Lady Frances
seems to have left there and given no address. The family are
anxious, and as they are exceedingly wealthy no sum will be
she taxed YOUR gallantry at last?" he asked. " She' s a foolish woman.
She' s frivolous and heartless, and she pretends to be serious and
kind. She prattles about Giotto' s second manner and Vittoria
Colonna' s liaison with 'Michael'-- one would think that Michael lived
across the way and was expected in to take a hand at whist-- but she
knows as little about art, and about the conditions of production, as
I know about Buddhism. She profanes sacred words," he added more
vehemently, after a pause. " She cares for you only as some one to
one of these " chance" events.
A second very common objection to Mr. Darwin' s views was ( and
is), that they abolish Teleology, and eviscerate the argument
from design. It is nearly twenty years since I ventured to offer
some remarks on this subject, and as my arguments have as yet
received no refutation, I hope I may be excused for reproducing
them. I observed, " that the doctrine of Evolution is the most
inducement not to exclude our delegation is, that we may take it
into our heads, before the thing is over, to present a candidate
from that State in rebellion, for the second office in the gift
of the people. We have a man down there whom it has been my good
luck and bad fortune to fight untiringly and perseveringly for
the past twenty- five years--Andrew Johnson. For the first time,
in the Providence of God, three years ago we got together on the
same platform, and we are fighting the devil, Tom Walker, and
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