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Definition of Seconding
1. second [v] - See also: second
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seconding
Literary usage of Seconding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Robert's Rules of Order Revised for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry Martyn Robert (1915)
"Where the chair is certain the motion meets with general favor, and yet members
are slow about seconding it, he may proceed without waiting for a second. ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1867)
"For all this, he had much peasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. REYNOLDS hoped
the honorable gentleman would not put words into his mouth. ..."
3. The First Hague Conference by Dr Andrew Dickson White (1905)
"ispatch from the Secretary of State informing us that President McKinley thinks
that our American commission ought not to urge any proposal for " seconding ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"By them American Independence was first openly advocated and but for their efforts
seconding those of New England Puritans that Independence would not have ..."
5. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1883)
"REMARKS INTENDED TO BE MADE IN THE SENATE, IN seconding A MOTION FOB ADJOURNMENT
ON THE OCCASION OF MR. GREELEY'S FUNERAL, DECEMBER 3, 1872. ..."
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