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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUCCEDANEOUS

a.[L. succedaneus; sub and cedo.] Supplying the place of something else; being or employed as a substitute.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUCCEDANEOUS

Suc `ce *da "ne *ous, a. Etym: [L. succedaneus. See Succeed. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne.