a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; |
2. | Acting or suffering for another; | |
3. | Performed ,experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; | |
4. | (Med.) Acting as a substitute; - said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; |
Adj. | 1. | vicarious - experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement" |
2. | vicarious - occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation" | |
3. | vicarious - suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement" |