"Vicarious" is a word in ENGLISH
Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action
which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage
replacing menstruation.
Performed of suffered in the place of another;
substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious
agent or officer.
Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy;
deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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