second intention

American  

noun

Logic.

1. intention5b

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Example Sentences

Signorelli was the first, and, with the exception of Michael Angelo, the last painter thus to use the body, without sentiment, without voluptuousness, without any second intention whatsoever, as the supreme decorative principle.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

Racy Saxon monosyllables, close to us as touch and sight, he will intermix readily with those long, savoursome, Latin words, rich in "second intention."

From Appreciations, with an Essay on Style by Pater, Walter

Healing then occurs by granulation or suppuration, which is termed healing by second intention.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The talk turned on "Society" in the second intention of the word —— had enumerated certain houses in which you must be at home if pretending to the exclusive social set.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

Still, the second intention is not difficult to guess.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund