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Old 12-05-2003, 02:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Word of the day December 5

The Word of the Day for December 5 is:

vicarious • \vye-KAIR-ee-us\ • (adjective) 1. acting for another; 2. done or suffered by one person on behalf of another or others; 3. experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another

A little more information about today’s word:
If you act in someone's _stead_, you take his or her place, at least temporarily. The oldest meaning of "vicarious," which was first recorded in 1637, is "serving in someone or something's stead." The word "vicarious" derives from the Latin noun "vicis," which means "change," "alternation," or "stead." "Vicis" is also the source of the English prefix "vice-" (as in "vice president"), meaning "one that takes the place of."

My sentence (using definition #3):
Armchair travelers receive much vicarious pleasure through reading about other people's journeys to far-off lands.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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Old 12-05-2003, 05:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Vicarious to the mall for holiday shopping, Jacob, ven you have such a busy schedule?
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Old 12-05-2003, 06:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Jenny's mother lived vicariously through her popular cheerleader daughter.
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Old 12-05-2003, 11:44 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Many parents live vicariously through their children.
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Old 12-05-2003, 03:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The vicarious nature of reading case studies creates an emotional connection with the researcher and its community.
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Old 12-05-2003, 06:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
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~the vicarious motto~
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