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Vicarious

Vicarious Meaning & Definition
Vicarious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vicarious?

[adj] suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"
[adj] (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation"
[adj] experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vicarious: abnormal | exchangeable | secondary

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Vicarious In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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