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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1698-1699
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Succedaneous, adj. [e.m.E. succedaneous (1646), L. succēdāneus that follows after or succeeds to, f. succēdere. Cf. F. succédané (1690 in Larousse).] a. Serving as a substitute. b. ? Supplementary; ? auxiliary. —a. 1698 Fountainhall Decis. II 2.
This process being succedaneous in place of roups of bankrupt estates —b. 1699 Forrester Bishops Claim i 95.
His supposed Bishops of Syria, were only of the ordinary succedaneous lesser size
