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substitute
substitute: n. & v. --n.
1 a (also attrib.) a person or thing acting or serving in place of another. b an artificial alternative to a natural substance (butter substitute).
2 Sc. Law a deputy. --v.
1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by for) act or cause to act as a substitute; put or serve in exchange (substituted for her mother; substituted it for the broken one).
2 tr. (usu. foll. by by, with) colloq. replace (a person or thing) with another.
3 tr. Chem. replace (an atom or group in a molecule) with another. øøsubstitutable adj. substitutability n. substitution n. substitutional adj. substitutionary adj. substitutive adj. [ME f. L substitutus past part. of substituere (as SUB-, statuere set up)]
Most popular pairs with substitute
substitute teaching
substitute teacher
sugar substitutes
sugar substitute
egg substitute
salt substitutes
buttermilk substitute
salt substitute
substitute teachers
egg substitutes
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