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| vi·car·i·ous [ vī kérree əss, vi kérree əss ] |
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1. experienced through another by imagining: experienced through somebody else rather than at first hand, by using sympathy or the power of the imagination
  vicarious pleasure
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2. endured for somebody else: done or endured by somebody as a substitute for somebody else
vicarious suffering
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3. delegated: delegated to somebody else or performing a function that has been delegated
vicarious authority
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4. medicine in unexpected part of body: occurring in a part of the body remote from the usual site, e.g. menstrual bleeding in the breasts, nose, or sweat glands
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin vicarius (see vicar)] |
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| vi·car·i·ous·ly adverb |
| vi·car·i·ous·ness noun |
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