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[imp. & p. p. SUBSTITUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUBSTITUTING.] [Lat. substituere, substitutum, from prefix sub, under, and statuere, to put, place; Fr. substituer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. substituir, It. sustituire, sostituire.] To put in the place of another; to exchange.
Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. (Congreve.)
n. [Fr. substitut, Pr. substituit, Sp. & Pg. substituto, It. sustituto, sostituto, from Lat. substitutus, p. p. of substituere. See supra.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; that which stands in lieu of something else.
Hast thou not made me here thy substitute. Milton.
Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] universally wore masks as the sole substitute for the modern parasol. De Quincey.