Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB'STI-TUTE
SUB'STI-TUTE, v.t. [Fr. substituer; It. sustituire; Sp. substituir; L. substituo; sub and statuo, to set.]
To put in the place of another. Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. – Congreve.
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