01 a. 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 p…
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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.“And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun.” — Chaucer.“His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping.” — Macaulay.
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Having the particular quality or character specified.“That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself.” — Milton.
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The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed.
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Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.“In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived.” — Daniel.“To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.” — James iv. 13.“Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.” — Macaulay.“Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.” — Shak.“And many other such like things ye do.” — Mark vii. 8.
Phrases & compounds
Such and 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.
Such like —
of the like kind.