Such
Such , adjective
[Old English such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, Anglo-Saxon swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, Dutch zulk, Old Saxon sulic, Old High German sulih, solih, German solch, Icelandic slīkr, OSw. salik, Swedish slik, Danish slig, Gothic swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. r192. See So, Like, a., and compare 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.
His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping.
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.
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.
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.
To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
Temple sprung from a family which... long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
Now will he be mocking:
I shall have such a life.
And many other such like things ye do.
Collocations (2)
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. Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action.
Such like or Such character , of the like kind.