Second (?), a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.] 1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another; other.
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And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5.
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2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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May the day when we become the second people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation. Landor.
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3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
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A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! Shak.
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Second Adventist. See Adventist. -- Second cousin, the child of a cousin. -- Second-cut file. See under File. -- Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] -- Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers. -- Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table. -- Second intention. See under Intention. -- Second story, Second floor, in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. -- Second thought or Second thoughts, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
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On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. Dickens.

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Second, 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.]
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In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Fuller.
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Sin is seconded with sin. South.
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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.
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We have supplies to second our attempt. Shak.
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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.
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3. Specifically, (Parliamentary Procedure) to support, as a motion{6} or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
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&hand_; Under common parliamentary rules used by many organizations, especially legislative bodies, a motion must be seconded in order to come properly before the deliberative body for discussion. Any motion{6} for which there is no second{8} dies for lack thereof.
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