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Instead
Pronunciation : In*stead"
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [Pref. in- + stead place.]
Definition : 1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of. Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40. Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
2. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [R.] This very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those times no such thing was believed. Tillotson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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