vicarious Meaning
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 2. endured for somebody else: done or endured
Definition
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 2. endured for somebody else: done or endured by somebody as a substitute for somebody else vicarious suffering 3. delegated: delegated to somebody else or performing a function that has been delegated vicarious authority 4. medicine in unexpected part of body: occurring in a part of the body remote from the usual
Simple meaning: 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 2. endured for somebody else: done or endured
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