substitution (subs tit us hon)

[ F.substi tution = Sp. sustitucion = Pg. substitução = It. sustituzione, 5. In gram., of the nature of a noun, usable substitutus, substitute: see substitute.] 1. The as subject or object of a verb and in other noun constructions: as, a substantive word; a substantive pronoun; a substantive clause.Substantive colors, colors which, in the proce of dyeing, become fixed or permanent without the intervention of other substances, in distinction from adjective colors, which require the aid of mordants to fix them. Substantive law. See law1.- Substantive verb, the verb to be. II. n. 1. In gram., a noun; a part of speech that can be used as subject or as object of a verb, be governed by a preposition, or the like. The term noun , in older usage, included both the "noun substantive" and the "noun adjective": it is now much more common to call the two respectively the substantive, or the noun simply, and the adjective. See noun. Abbreviated 8., subst . 21. An independent thing or person. Every thing is a total or substantive in itself. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. K. John, being a Substantive of himself, hath a Device in his Head to make his Subjects as willing to give him Money as he was to have it. Baker , Chronicles, p. 70.