second intention

American  

noun

Logic.

1. intention5b

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Example Sentences

With this second intention, I was to have combined, by the courtesy of the French Headquarters, a visit to certain central portions of the French line, including Soissons, Reims, and Verdun.

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Even then the milk would have a suspicious flavor, or post-mortem smell, I apprehend; it would be the same thing, by second intention, as the surgeons say.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

Still, the second intention is not difficult to guess.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

In his second chapter on healing he talks about healing by first and second intention.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph

And this his second intention was to "have it out," as he expressed it, "with that league of curs and serpents, Vypan, Goad, and Terryer."

From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)