Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Secondáre, v. a.
1. to follow, second, aid, assist, favour, back; 2. to follow the taste, the wish of any one, to condescend; 3. to follow immediately, come in the second place.
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secondare: to second or to follow next, to follow course. Also to sooth vp, to follow anothers minde, to apply enes minde to anothers, to please ones humour.