[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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. slimackr, osw. salik, sw. slik, dan. slig,
   goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. root192. 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.
                                                  13.
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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.
                                                  8.
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see also:
so like which such and such such or such such like 
such character 

Such >> S Words
Such, definition of term: Such
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Such That >> S Words
Such That, definition of term: Such That
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Such As >> S Words
Such As, definition of term: Such As
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As Such >> A Words
As Such, definition of term: As Such
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