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  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.
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              And in his time such a conqueror
              That greater was there none under the sun.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              His misery was such that none of the bystanders
              could refrain from weeping.           --Macaulay.
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     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.
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     2. Having the particular quality or character specified.
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              That thou art happy, owe to God;
              That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton.
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     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.
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     4. Certain; -- representing the object as already
        particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
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              In rushed one and tells him such a knight
              Is new arrived.                       --Daniel.
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              To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and
              continue there a year.                --James iv.
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     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.
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                 Temple sprung from a family which . . . long
                 after his death produced so many eminent men, and
                 formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
                                                    --Macaulay.
           [1913 Webster] Such is used emphatically, without the
           correlative.
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                 Now will he be mocking:
                 I shall have such a life.          --Shak.
           [1913 Webster] Such was formerly used with numerals in
           the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or
           ten times as many.
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     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 Such character, of the like kind.
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              And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
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