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Instead \In*stead"\, adv. [Pref. in- stead place.]
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1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
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Let thistles grow of wheat. --Job xxxi.
40.
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Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of
Joab. --2 Sam. xvii.
25.
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2. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [R.]
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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.
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