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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vicarious is an artificial intelligence company based out of San Francisco , California . They are using the theorized computational principles of the brain to build software that can think and learn like a human .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vicarious thrill (= one which you get when you watch or hear about someone else doing something exciting ) ▪ He clearly enjoyed the vicarious thrill of reading about grisly murders. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement" occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation" suffered or done by one person as a substitute ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 experience or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another, such as through watching or reading. 2 Done on behalf of others

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vicarious \Vi*ca"ri*ous\, a. [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. ? to yield, give way, G. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See Weak , and cf. ...

Usage examples of vicarious.

With his double equipment as a lieutenant of the French king and as a condottiere of the Pope, he began by reviving the dormant authority of Rome, where nominal feudatories held vicarious sway.

I suspect any vicarious effect on my kudos level will be too small to measure.

Those who accept the commonly received dogmas of original sin, total depravity, and universal condemnation entailed upon all men in lineal descent from Adam, and the dogmas of the Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Vicarious Atonement, are bound, by all the constructions of logic, to accept the scheme of salvation just set forth, namely, that the death of Christ secured the deliverance of all unconditionally.

While some are simply examples of vicarious or compensatory menstruation, and were so explained even by the older writers, there are many that are physiologic curiosities of considerable interest.

Marsden reports a case in which, following secondary papular syphilis and profuse spontaneous ptyalism, there was vicarious secretion of the urinary constituents from the skin.

For this vicarious thrill, and their generous assistance, I would like to thank the following professionals: Fred Queller, for giving me a day in the life of a trial attorney, and providing his valuable time and transcripts.

When reactance effects persist despite restoration of freedom: Investigations of time delay and vicarious control.

Mar the wholeness of the redemption plan, and farewell to the incarnation and vicarious atonement.

The really essential, significant thing is not his suffering, vicarious death, but his triumphing, typical ascension.

His avoidance had gone from being the pure gesture of the objective observer, to the unhealthily vicarious role of the voyeur.

The coexistence of a floating kidney in this case may have been responsible for this hemorrhage, and in reading reports of so-called menstruation due consideration must be given to the existence of any other than menstrual derangement before we can accept the cases as true vicarious hemorrhage.

Trina expects very soon to coax the juice from Michael, a proceeding in which I have a strong vicarious interest.

The Swedenborgian doctrine concerning Christ and his mission is that he was the infinite God incarnate, not incarnate for the purpose of expiating human sin and purchasing a ransom for the lost by vicarious sufferings, but for the sake of suppressing the rampant power of the hells, weakening the influx of the infernal spirits, setting an example to men, and revealing many important truths.

Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.

So I told her about growing up with the pulps, wanting to emulate the detectives I spent so many vicarious hours with.