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n. அத்தகையது, அவ்வகைப்பட்டது, அது, அத்தகையவை, அவ்வகைப்பட்டவை, அவை, மேற்கூறப்பட்டது, மேற்கூறப்பட்டவை, குறிப்பிடப்பட்டவர், குறிப்பிடப்பட்டவர்கள், அத்தகைய ஒன்று, அம்முறையான ஒன்று, அவ்வகைப்பட்டவை, அவ்வகைப்பட்டவர்கள், என்பது போன்றத, என்பது போன்றவை, என்பது போன்றவர், என்பது போன்றவர்கள், (பெ.) அதே வகையான, அதே அளவான, அவ்வகைப்பட்ட, அப்படிப்பட்ட, அத்தகையா, அவ்வியல்புடைய, அந்த அளவான, அவ்வளவு பெரிதான, இம்மாதிரியான, இதுபோன்ற, கூறப்பட்ட முறையான, குறித்த முறையான, இந்நிலைக்கொத்த, இந்நிலையில் உய்த்துணரத்தக்க, இச்சூழலுக்கேற்ற, மேற்சொல்லப்பட்ட, மேற்சொல்லப்பட்ட வகையான, எவ்வளவோ நல்ல, எத்துணையோ மோசமான, என்று கூறும் அளவான, எவ்வளவோ-அவ்வளவான.
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.