ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of so extreme a degree or extent;
- Example: "such weeping"
- Example: "so much weeping"
- Example: "such a help"
- Example: "such grief"
- Example: "never dreamed of such beauty"


ADVERB (1)

1. to so extreme a degree;
- Example: "he is such a baby"
- Example: "Such rich people!"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch,
   swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to
   OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G.
   solch, Icel. sl[imac]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig,
   Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See
   So, Like, a., and cf. Which.]
   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.
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            And in his time such a conqueror
            That greater was there none under the sun.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            His misery was such that none of the bystanders
            could refrain from weeping.           --Macaulay.
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   Note: 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.
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   2. Having the particular quality or character specified.
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            That thou art happy, owe to God;
            That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton.
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   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.
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   4. Certain; -- representing the object as already
      particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
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            In rushed one and tells him such a knight
            Is new arrived.                       --Daniel.
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            To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and
            continue there a year.                --James iv.
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   Note: 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.
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               Temple sprung from a family which . . . long
               after his death produced so many eminent men, and
               formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
                                                  --Macaulay.
         [1913 Webster] Such is used emphatically, without the
         correlative.
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               Now will he be mocking:
               I shall have such a life.          --Shak.
         [1913 Webster] Such was formerly used with numerals in
         the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or
         ten times as many.
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   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 Such character, of the like kind.
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            And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

such
    adv 1: to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich
           people!"
    adj 1: of so extreme a degree or extent; "such weeping"; "so
           much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never
           dreamed of such beauty"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "such":
   aforementioned, aforesaid, akin, alike, ally, alter ego, analogon,
   analogous, analogue, associate, brother, close copy, close match,
   cognate, companion, comparable, complement, congenator, congener,
   coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, corresponding,
   counterpart, equivalent, fellow, image, kindred spirit, like,
   likeness, mate, near duplicate, obverse, parallel, pendant,
   picture, reciprocal, said, second self, similar, similitude,
   simulacrum, sister, soul mate, suchlike, tally, that, the like,
   the like of, the likes of, twin