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Palimpsest
Encyclopedia Britannica
PALIMPSEST, a term applied to any material from which writing has been removed to make room for another text, and which has thus been prepared or scraped a second time (7rαλi∕n∕n7στoς). Such an object therefore as an inscribed monumental stone or brass may be made palimpsest.
But the term is most commonly applied to ancient MSS. which have undergone this treatment. See Palaeography.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 18, p. 185
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Substitution Roget’s Thesaurus §147
N. substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent
V. substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from peter to pay paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize, commute, redeem, compound for
Adv. instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux
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