单词 | succedaneous |
释义 | † succedaneousadj. Obsolete. 1. Taking, or serving in, the place of something else; acting as a succedaneum or substitute. Const. to (unto).In the 17th cent. said esp. of medicinal applications or ingredients. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adjective] > that substitutes vicaryc1475 vicegerent1577 succedaneal1633 surrogatea1638 vicarious1637 succedaneous1646 substitutive1656 substitutory1664 supersessory1789 substitutional1816 supersessive1837 shadow1936 omnivicarious1949 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 114 He prescribeth the stones of the Otter, or River-dog, as succedaneous unto Castoreum . View more context for this quotation 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 295 By succedaneous secrets the same diseases may be restored, although not with the same speed or universality. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus iii. 40 It being taken for granted that the Lord's Supper was succedaneous to the Passover. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 245 Being bit off, it has similar succedaneous parts. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 302 The Islanders are obliged to content themselves with succedaneous means for many common purposes. 1816 Monthly Rev. 79 506 Some intelligent editor should undertake to re-engrave the old, and to insert in its proper place the succedaneous matter. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. vi. 122 In what cases..a succedaneous security shall be accepted at the hands of the plaintiff. 2. Supplementary. rare. ΚΠ 1665 Scot's Discov. Witchcraft (title page) In Two Books: The First by the aforesaid Author: The Second now added in this Third Edition, as Succedaneous to the former. 1800 J. Bentham Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 345/2 If your succedaneous volumes should be as yet unbound. 1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 38 In the succedaneous or supplemental plan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1646 |
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