Vi*ca"ri*ous (?), a. [L. vicarius,
from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office
of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. &?; 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.
2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a
vicarious agent or officer.
The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and
vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.
Sir M.
Hale.
3. Performed of suffered in the place of another;
substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious
punishment.
The vicarious work of the Great
Deliverer.
I. Taylor.
4. (Med.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of
abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as,
vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
Vi*ca"ri*ous (?), a. [L. vicarius,
from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office
of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. &?; 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.
2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a
vicarious agent or officer.
The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and
vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.
Sir M.
Hale.
3. Performed of suffered in the place of another;
substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious
punishment.
The vicarious work of the Great
Deliverer.
I. Taylor.
4. (Med.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of
abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as,
vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
