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Definition of Succedaneous
1. a. Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.
Definition of Succedaneous
1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.(R:Webster 1913 succedaneous) ¹
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Definition of Succedaneous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succedaneous
Literary usage of Succedaneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary and Dental Radiography by Howard Riley Raper (1918)
"If the carious tooth be one of the temporary set, with the succedaneous tooth
ready to take its place, it should be extracted. ..."
2. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"WILDEMAN has shown that even a liquid lamella may increase by succedaneous accretions.
If one places a soap film within a rectangle made of iron wire (Fig. ..."
3. Collected Essays and Reviews by William James (1920)
"My sleep seemed terribly heavy as I woke to-night. Dream states carry dream
memories—why may not the two succedaneous dreams (whichever two of the three ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Pertaining to or acting as a succedaneum ; supplying the place of something else ;
being or employed as a substitute—succedaneous end, ал end sought in ..."
5. Rationale of judicial evidence, specially applied to English practice, from by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"Several cases may be mentioned, in which, supposing less delay, vexation, and
expense, to be necessary to the adequate authentication of this succedaneous ..."
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