2. Verb. (third-person singular of substitute) ¹
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Definition of Substitutes
1. substitute [v] - See also: substitute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Substitutes
Literary usage of Substitutes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"substitutes for Talent. themselves that physical force was the only remedy left
to them. ... There are many substitutes for talent; some cheap, some dear, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"substitutes FOR PHOSPHATE ROCK The use of substitutes for ordinary phosphate ...
In the following pages, the different substitutes for phosphate rock that ..."
3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1904)
"The reception of unnaturalized foreigners and persons under eighteen as substitutes
was forbidden; those who were exempt or took the trouble to secure some ..."
4. The Purchasing Power of Money: Its Determination and Relation to Credit by Irving Fisher, Harry Gunnison Brown (1911)
"It is clear, however, that two forms of money differ from a random pair of
commodities in being substitutes.1 Two substitutes proper>re regarded by the ..."
5. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"A large number of preparations sold as " coffee substitutes" or " cereal coffee" are
... Various substitutes are also made from dried fruits such as figs, ..."