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Substituting   /sˈəbstɪtˌutɪŋ/   Listen
Substituting

noun
1.
Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.  Synonym: subbing.



Substitute

verb
(past & past part. substituted; pres. part. substituting)
1.
Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.  Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace.  "Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" , "Synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
2.
Be a substitute.  Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub.  "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
3.
Act as a substitute.  Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in.



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"Substituting" Quotes from Famous Books



... sire, siriemk, sirek, sirien. You observe that it runs on just in the same manner as hntal, save and except that e is substituted for a; and it will be as well to tell you that almost the only difference between the second, third, and fourth conjugations, and the first, is the substituting in the present, preterite, and other tenses e, or ou, or i for a; so you see that the Armenian verbs are by no means difficult. Come on, Belle, and say siriem." Belle hesitated. "Pray oblige me, Belle, by saying siriem!" Belle still appeared to hesitate. "You must admit, Belle, that ...
— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow

... he surpassed his previous efforts in this direction. He altered the whole proportion of the building, shortening the nave by a bay of 15 feet, erected a new west front on a "neat Gothic pattern," and availed himself of the chance of removing all the Norman work in the nave, above the nave arcade substituting ...
— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description - Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • A. Hugh Fisher

... we have done wrong," replied, "Yes, we have done wrong,"—"for I would not pervert her mind also." Othello would not "kill Desdemona's soul." Mr. Bowles exculpates himself from Mr. Gilchrist's charge; but it is by substituting another charge against Pope. "A step beyond decorum," has a soft sound, but what does it express? In all these cases, "ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute." Has not the Scripture something upon "the lusting after a woman" being no less criminal than the crime? "A step beyond decorum," in short, ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) - With his Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

... she had been a-trying ter have with him. Don't pay no 'tention to it." By this time she had regained her composure and was able to reassure Caroline with her usual positiveness to which she added an amount of worldly tact in substituting a highly disturbing thought in ...
— Andrew the Glad • Maria Thompson Daviess

... him for favours. The citizen was the culprit to start with, just as he is the culprit now, because he does not take sufficient interest in his government to make it honest. We mustn't blame the railroads too severely, when they grew strong enough, for substituting their own political army to avoid being blackmailed. Long immunity has reenforced them in the belief that they have but one duty to pay dividends. I am afraid," he added, "that they will have to be enlightened ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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