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substatute

substatute noun: a secondary or lesser statute.

Noun

substatute (plural substatutes)

  1. A secondary or lesser statute.
    • But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times

Forms of substatute

pluralsubstatutes

Origin of substatute

From sub- + statute.

Questions about substatute

What does substatute mean?
Substatute means a secondary or lesser statute.
What part of speech is substatute?
Substatute is a noun.
What is the plural of substatute?
The plural of substatute is substatutes.

Words near substatute in the dictionary

  1. substates
  2. substation
  3. substations
  4. substatus
  5. substatuses
  6. substatute
  7. substatutes
  8. substaunce
  9. substaunces
  10. substellar
  11. substellate

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