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living vicariously?
live1
v. lived, liv·ing, lives
v. intr.
To be alive; exist.
To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.
To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.
To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.
To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.
To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.
To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.
v. tr.
To spend or pass (one's life).
To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.
To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.
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vi·car·i·ous adj.
Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.
Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.
Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.
Physiology. Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.