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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Such  \Such\,  a.  [OE.  such  sich,  sech,  sik,  swich,  swilch, 
  swulch  swilc,  swulc  AS  swelc,  swilc,  swylc  akin  to 
  OFries  selik,  D.  zulk,  OS  sulic,  OHG.  sulih  solih,  G. 
  solch,  Icel.  sl[=i]kr,  OSw.  salik,  Sw  slik,  Dan.  slig,  Goth. 
  swaleiks  originally  meaning,  so  shaped.  [root]192.  See  {So}, 
  {Like},  a.,  and  cf  {Which}.] 
  1.  Of  that  kind  of  the  like  kind  like  resembling;  similar; 
  as  we  never  saw  such  a  day  --  followed  by  that  or  as 
  introducing  the  word  or  proposition  which  defines  the 
  similarity,  or  the  standard  of  comparison;  as  the  books 
  are  not  such  that  I  can  recommend  them  or  not  such  as  I 
  can  recommend;  these  apples  are  not  such  as  those  we  saw 
  yesterday;  give  your  children  such  precepts  as  tend  to 
  make  them  better. 
 
  And  in  his  time  such  a  conqueror  That  greater  was 
  there  none  under  the  sun.  --Chaucer. 
 
  His  misery  was  such  that  none  of  the  bystanders 
  could  refrain  from  weeping.  --Macaulay. 
 
  Note:  The  indefinite  article  a  or  an  never  precedes  such  but 
  is  placed  between  it  and  the  noun  to  which  it  refers; 
  as  such  a  man;  such  an  honor.  The  indefinite  adjective 
  some  several,  one  few  many  all  etc.,  precede  such 
  as  one  such  book  is  enough;  all  such  people  ought  to 
  be  avoided;  few  such  ideas  were  then  held. 
 
  2.  Having  the  particular  quality  or  character  specified. 
 
  That  thou  art  happy,  owe  to  God;  That  thou 
  continuest  such  owe  to  thyself.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  The  same  that  --  with  as  as  this  was  the  state  of  the 
  kingdom  at  such  time  as  the  enemy  landed.  ``[It]  hath  such 
  senses  as  we  have.''  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Certain;  --  representing  the  object  as  already 
  particularized  in  terms  which  are  not  mentioned. 
 
  In  rushed  one  and  tells  him  such  a  knight  Is  new 
  arrived.  --Daniel. 
 
  To-day  or  to-morrow  we  will  go  into  such  a  city,  and 
  continue  there  a  year.  --James  iv 
  13. 
 
  Note:  Such  is  used  pronominally.  ``He  was  the  father  of  such 
  as  dwell  in  tents.''  --Gen.  iv  20.  ``Such  as  I  are 
  free  in  spirit  when  our  limbs  are  chained.''  --Sir  W. 
  Scott.  Such  is  also  used  before  adjectives  joined  to 
  substantives;  as  the  fleet  encountered  such  a  terrible 
  storm  that  it  put  back  ``Everything  was  managed  with 
  so  much  care  and  such  excellent  order  was  observed.'' 
  --De  Foe. 
 
  Temple  sprung  from  a  family  which  .  .  .  long 
  after  his  death  produced  so  many  eminent  men,  and 
  formed  such  distinguished  alliances,  that  etc 
  --Macaulay. 
  Such  is  used  emphatically,  without  the  correlative. 
 
  Now  will  he  be  mocking:  I  shall  have  such  a  life. 
  --Shak. 
  Such  was  formerly  used  with  numerals  in  the  sense  of 
  times  as  much  or  as  many  as  such  ten  or  ten  times  as 
  many 
 
  {Such  and  such},  or  {Such  or  such},  certain;  some  --  used  to 
  represent  the  object  indefinitely,  as  already 
  particularized  in  one  way  or  another,  or  as  being  of  one 
  kind  or  another.  ``In  such  and  such  a  place  shall  be  my 
  camp.''  --2  Kings  vi  8.  ``Sovereign  authority  may  enact  a 
  law  commanding  such  and  such  an  action.''  --South. 
 
  {Such  like}  or  {character},  of  the  like  kind 
 
  And  many  other  such  like  things  ye  do  --Mark  vii. 
  8. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  such 
  adj  1:  of  a  kind  specified  or  understood;  "it's  difficult  to  please 
  such  people";  "on  such  a  night  as  this";  "animals  such 
  as  lions  and  tigers"  [syn:  {such(a)},  {such  as}] 
  2:  of  a  degree  or  quality  specified  (by  the  `that'  clause); 
  "their  anxiety  was  such  that  they  could  not  sleep"  [syn:  {such(p)}, 
  {such  that}] 
  3:  of  so  extreme  a  degree  or  extent;  "such  weeping";  "so  much 
  weeping";  "such  a  help";  "such  grief";  "never  dreamed  of 
  such  beauty"  [syn:  {such(a)},  {so  much}] 
  adv  :  (intensifier)  to  so  extreme  a  degree;  "he  is  such  a  baby"; 
  "Such  rich  people!" 




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