Seconded
['sekəndid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Second
Editor: Michel
Examples
- Often, indeed, when pressed by Hortense to come, she would refuse, because Robert did not second, or but slightly seconded the request. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ginevra seconded me; between us we half-changed the nature of the _r?le_, gilding it from top to toe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Rowena, somewhat alarmed by the mention of outlaws in force, and so near them, strongly seconded the proposal of her guardian. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Miss Halcombe seconded him resolutely, and I did all I could to follow her example. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She was not less pleased another day with the manner in which he seconded a sudden wish of hers, to have Harriet's picture. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Michel