[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

second \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.
      1913 webster

            and he slept and dreamed the second time. --gen.
                                                  xli. 5.
      1913 webster

   2. next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
      rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
      1913 webster

            may the day when we become the second people upon
            earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                                  --landor.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            a daniel, still say i, a second daniel --shak.
      1913 webster

   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 second thoughts, consideration of a
      matter following a first impulse or impression;
      reconsideration.
      1913 webster

            on second thoughts, gentlemen, i don't wish you had
            known him.                            --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
sue secund second adventist adventist second cousin second-cut file 
file second distance middle ground middle distance second estate 
second girl second intention intention second story second floor 
first floor ground floor second thought second thoughts 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intention \inten"tion\, n. f. intention, l. intentio. see
   intend, and cf. intension.
   1913 webster
   1. a stretching or bending of the mind toward an object;
      closeness of application; fixedness of attention;
      earnestness.
      1913 webster

            intention is when the mind, with great earnestness,
            and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. a determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain
      thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to new
      york.
      1913 webster

            hell is paved with good intentions.   --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. the object toward which the thoughts are directed; end;
      aim.
      1913 webster

            in chronical distempers, the principal intention
            is to restore the tone of the solid parts.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   4. the state of being strained. see intension. obs.
      1913 webster

   5. logic any mental apprehension of an object.
      1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
intend intension first intention second intention to heal by the first intention to heal by the second intention 
design 

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