Thesaurus: vicarious

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1. prep. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
2. prep. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
3. prep. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
4. prep. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
5. adj. experienced at secondhand
6. adj. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
7. adj. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
8. 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.
9. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action whichreplaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhagereplacing menstruation.
10. j:100 s. experienced at secondhand s. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function s. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another