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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Second  \Sec"ond\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Seconded};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Seconding}.]  [Cf.  F.  seconder,  L.  secundare,  from 
  secundus.  See  {Second},  a.] 
  1.  To  follow  in  the  next  place  to  succeed;  to  alternate. 
  [R.] 
 
  In  the  method  of  nature,  a  low  valley  is  immediately 
  seconded  with  an  ambitious  hill.  --Fuller. 
 
  Sin  is  seconded  with  sin.  --South. 
 
  2.  To  follow  or  attend  for  the  purpose  of  assisting;  to 
  support;  to  back  to  act  as  the  second  of  to  assist;  to 
  forward;  to  encourage. 
 
  We  have  supplies  to  second  our  attempt.  --Shak. 
 
  In  human  works  though  labored  on  with  pain,  A 
  thousand  movements  scarce  one  purpose  gain;  In 
  God's,  one  single  can  its  end  produce,  Yet  serves  to 
  second  too  some  other  use  --Pope. 
 
  3.  Specifically,  to  support,  as  a  motion  or  proposal,  by 
  adding  one's  voice  to  that  of  the  mover  or  proposer. 




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