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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
vicarious
    adj 1: experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing
           and felt vicarious excitement"
    2: occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the
       usual site involved in that function; "vicarious
       menstruation"
    3: suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another;
       "vicarious atonement"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vicarious \Vi*ca"ri*ous\ (v[-i]*k[=a]"[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L.
   vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position,
   place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to
   Gr. e'i`kein 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.
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   2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or
      officer.
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            The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient,
            and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.
                                                  --Sir M. Hale.
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   3. Performed,experienced, or suffered in the place of
      another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious
      punishment; vicarious pleasure.
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            The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. --I.
                                                  Taylor.
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   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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Thesaurus Results for Vicarious:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alternate, alternative, assigned, backup, commissioned, counterfeit, delegated, dummy, equivalent, ersatz, fake, imitation, indirect, makeshift, mock, phony, pinch, provisional, proxy, reserve, secondary, spare, stopgap, substitute, substituted, surrogate, temporary, tentative, token, utility
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