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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Succedanea

(#)

[NL. See

One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute;

specifically

(Med.)

a remedy used as a substitute for another.

In lieu of me, you will have a very charming

succedaneum

, Lady Harriet Stanhope.

Walpole.

Noun.

[supra.] That which is used for something else; a substitute.