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vi⋅car⋅i⋅ous

  [vahy-kair-ee-uhs, vi-]
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–adjective
1. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
2. taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.
3. felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.
4. Physiology. noting or pertaining to a situation in which one organ performs part of the functions normally performed by another.
Origin:
1630–40; < L vicārius substituting, equiv. to vic(is) (gen.) interchange, alternation (see vice 3 ), + -ārius -ary; see -ous

Related forms:
vi⋅car⋅i⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
vi⋅car⋅i⋅ous⋅ness, vi⋅car⋅i⋅ism, noun
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vi·car·i·ous   (vī-kâr'ē-əs, -kār'-, vĭ-)   
adj.  
  1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.
  2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.
    1. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
    2. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.
  4. Physiology Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.

[From Latin vicārius; see vicar.]
vi·car'i·ous·ly adv., vi·car'i·ous·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Vicariously

Vi*ca"ri*ous*ly\, adv. In a vicarious manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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