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Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

The state of being substituted for another.

Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.

Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted. Bp. Wilkins.

acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne.

or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.),

Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. Eikon Basilike.

he resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar. -- Sugar squirrel (Zoöl.), an Australian flying phalanger (Belideus sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust. under Phlanger. -- Sugar tongs, sma…

A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine.

To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor.

To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.

Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon.

Hence, a substitute; a hostage. Cowper.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

ntailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also tailzee.]

used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.

A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

ste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type.…

ylla). -- Brazilian tea. (a) The dried leaves of Lantana pseodothea, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of Stachytarpheta mutabilis, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. -- Labrador tea. (Bot.) See under Labrador. -- New Jersey tea (Bot.), an American s…

Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.