Category:Such

Such, a. Etym: [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. slikr, osw. Salik, sw. slik, dan. slig, goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so Shaped. *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. 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.

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.

2. Having the particular quality or character specified. That thou art happy, owe to god; that thou continuest such, owe to Thyself. Milton.

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.

4. 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.

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. Temple sprung from a family which. . . long after his death produced So many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, Etc. Macaulay. Such is used emphatically, without the correlative. Now will he be mocking: i shall have such a life. Shak. Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or As many; as, such ten, or ten times as many. 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 character, of the like kind. And many other such like things ye do. Mark vii. 8.