succedanea
- plural of succedaneum.
Example Sentences
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Justice, Justice, in the name of Heaven; give us Justice, and we live; give us only counterfeits of it, or succedanea for it, and we die!
From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Carlyle, Thomas
The "two economies which are the best succedanea" for deficiency of temperament are concentration and drill.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Are any medicines to be given as succedanea to the specific remedy for the purpose of rendering its action more sure or prompt?
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Much spare room is enclosed by the town walls: evaporation and Nature's scavengers act succedanea for sewerage.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
