second intention

American  

noun

Logic.

1. intention5b

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second intention

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

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)

As the play proceeds he is made, as if with a second intention, more and more the antithesis, as he is the antipathy, of the prince.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various

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.

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