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Webster 1913 Edition

Substitute

Sub′stit′ute

,
Noun.
[L.
substitutus
, p. p. of
substituere
to put under, put in the place of;
sub
under +
statuere
to put, place: cf. F.
substitut
. See
Statute
.]
One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else
; specifically
(Mil.)
,
a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
Hast thou not made me here thy
substitute
?
Milton.
Ladies [in Shakespeare’s age] . . . wore masks as the sole
substitute
known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.
De Quincey.

Sub′stit′ute

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Substituted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Substituting
.]
[See
Substitute
,
Noun.
]
To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
Some few verses are inserted or
substituted
in the room of others.
Congreve.

Webster 1828 Edition

Substitute

SUB'STITUTE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. substituo; sub and statuo, to set.]
To put in the place of another.
Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others.

SUB'STITUTE

,
Noun.
One person put in the place of another to answer the same purpose. A person may be a substitute with full powers to act for another in an office. Representatives in legislation are the substitutes of their constituents. The orthodox creed of christians is that Christ dies as the substitute of sinners.
1.
One thing put in the place of another. If you have not one medicine, use another as its substitute.

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