second intention
Americannoun
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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 by second intention is characterized by pus formation and granulation tissue.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
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 R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
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 James Joseph Walsh
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 Mrs. Humphry Ward
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