meaning of vicarious
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.
3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
4. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
5. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious
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Related Words
vicarious | vicariously |
