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vicarious

vi.car.i.ous \vi--'kar-e--*s, -'ker-\ aj [L vicarius, fr. vicis change, 
   alternation, stead - more at WE]EK 1: serving instead of someone or 
   something else : DELEGATED  2: performed or suffered by one person as a 
   substitute for another or to t he benefit or advantage of another : 
   SUBSTITUTIONARY {~ sacrifice} 3: experienced or realized through 
   imaginative or sympathetic participatio n in the experience of another 4: 
   occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the  
   usual one {bleeding from the gums sometimes replaces the discharge from the 
   uterus in ~ menstruation} - vi.car.i.ous.ly av