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vicarious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vicarious \Vi*ca"ri*ous\, a. [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr ? to yield, give way G. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See {Weak}, and cf {Vice}, prep.] 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as vicarious power or authority. 2. Acting of suffering for another; as a vicarious agent or officer. The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. --Sir M. Hale. 3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. --I. Taylor. 4. (Med.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vicarious adj : experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"
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