Meaning of STEAD
Pronunciation: | | sted
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| Definition: | | [n] the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" |
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| Synonyms: | | lieu, place, position |
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| See Also: | | behalf, function, office, part, role | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stead\, n. [OE. stede place, AS. stede; akin to LG. & D.
stede, OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, st["a]tte, Icel.
sta[eth]r, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta?s, and E. stand.
[root]163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Staith}, {Stithy}.]
1. Place, or spot, in general. [Obs., except in composition.]
--Chaucer.
Fly, therefore, fly this fearful stead anon.
--Spenser.
2. Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
``Stewards of your steads.'' --Piers Plowman.
In stead of bounds, he a pillar set. --Chaucer.
3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [R.]
The genial bed, Sallow the feet, the borders, and
the stead. --Dryden.
4. A farmhouse and offices. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Note: The word is now commonly used as the last part of a
compound; as, farmstead, homestead, readstead, etc.
{In stead of}, in place of. See {Instead}.
{To stand in stead}, or {To do stead}, to be of use or great
advantage.
The smallest act . . . shall stand us in great
stead. --Atterbury.
Here thy sword can do thee little stead. --Milton.
\Stead\, v. t.
1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
Perhaps my succour or advisement meet, Mote stead
you much your purpose to subdue. --Spenser.
It nothing steads us To chide him from our eaves.
--Shak.
2. To fill place of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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