SUCH, a.

1. Of that kind; of the like kind. We never saw such a day; we have never had such a time as the present. It has as before the thing to which it relates. Give your children such precepts as tend to make them wiser and better. It is to be noted that the definitive adjective a, never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor.
2. The same that. This was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed.
3. The same as what has been mentioned. That then art happy, owe to God; / That thou continu'st such, owe to thyself. – Milton.
4. Referring to what has been specified. I have commanded my servant to be at such a place.
5. Such and such, is used in reference to a person or place of a certain kind. The sovereign authority may enact a law, commanding such and such an action. – South.

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. Chaucer.

   His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping. Macaulay.

   * 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. Milton.

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." Shak.
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. Daniel.

   To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. James iv. 13.

   * Such is used pronominally. "He was the father of such as dwell in tents." Gen. iv. 20. "Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained." Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. "Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed." De Foe.

   Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc. Macaulay.

   Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.

   Now will he be mocking:
   I shall have such a life. Shak.

   Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many.

   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." 2 Kings vi. 8. "Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action." South. -- Such like or character, of the like kind.

   And many other such like things ye do. Mark vii. 8.