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in the stead of
a. Phrase. instead of, †in stead of: In place of, in lieu of, in room of; for, in substitution for.
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α. separately. (Also in the stead of (obsolete or dialect). For in his stead, in his friend's stead, and the like, see [see stead n.]. )In quot. 1557 [see at α. ]. of is omitted before the infinitive.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 21 Requiescant inpace in þe stude of benedicamus.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4358 Is dragon arerd of golde As in stude of is baner.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1139 In sted o þi noþer sede, Ne sal þe groue bot þorne and wede.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 19 Hise newe sacramentis with whiche he chargid the peple of Cristen, instide of cerymonies iudicialis and oold sacramentis.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 45 That he be recommaunded as your sone in stede of me.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Gviiiv The chykens, assone as they be come owte of the shell, followe men and women in steade of the hennes.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 231/1 In stede to healpe hym to dye well, [he] putteth hym in vayne hope of long lyfe.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. viii. 184 Either fat, or oile in steed thereof.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 3 Catholicon the drugge, that it is in stead of all purges.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. i. 2 Pella..which served them in stead of a little Zoar.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 407/2 Q..is a Letter of small use, and put only in stead of C.
1718 Free-thinker No. 56. 2 In the Stead of the Sanction was established the famous Concordat.]
β. As one word.1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. vi. 54 Insteed of that [1623 In stead whereof], let his supplie the roome.1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 101 The translation leadeth the schollar as by the hand, or insteed of his Master.1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 42 Thinke you not they made vse of their hands insteede of feete.1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §10 Preserved in their Temples, which were instead of Libraries to them.1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 18. ⁋1 It was written, This is the Beer, instead of, This is the Bear.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 27 Instead of money he gave promises.1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 182 We went on the Saturday instead of the Friday.1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 6 They burned instead of burying their dead.
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in the stead of
c. in the stead of: (a) in the room of, in succession to (one who has died, has retired from or is superseded in an office); (b) as the deputy or representative of (obsolete); (c) in lieu of, instead of (a person or thing that might more naturally have been chosen, have happened, etc.) (obsolete); (d) in lieu of, in exchange for (something given up); (e) predicatively, to be in the stead of (also, ? nonce-use, †to be in stead for), to make up for the want of. Now somewhat archaic.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase]
in his steadc1230
in the stead ofa1325
in (the) person ofa1425
in the personage of1558
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition]
in (the) lieu ofc1290
in the stead ofa1325
stead of14..
in the way ofa1475
in the room of1526
in (the) place of1533
in the roomth of1565
instead1667
vice1770
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [phrase] > in succession to another
in the stead ofa1325
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition] > in exchange for
withc893
againOE
againstc1225
in the stead ofa1325
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > make up for the want of
in the stead of1839
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 425 Ðan bar ghe seht in ðe stede Of caym ðat abel for-dede.
1558 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 481 Mr. Thomas Fynen is elected Alderman in the styde of Mr. John Nangle.
1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 328 Matthias II. being raised to the imperial throne in the stead of his deceased brother.
1784 Acts & Laws Connecticut 159 Such Select-men and Committees as shall from Time to Time succeed, and come in the Room and Stead of others removed by Death.
(b)c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 55 Siþ prelatis & prestis ordeyned of good comen in þe stede of postlis & disciples, þei ben alle bounden..to preche þus þe gospel.(c)a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 16 If ȝe haue non preparate redy..þanne take in þe stide þerof fyn brennynge watir.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 Þat þe peple..worschip not..þe fend in þe sted of Crist.a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 146 I putte lateyn in the stydde of Englyshe.1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. xxv. sig. C ijv For whych cause a capitayne..wyll cause false tales..to be sparpled abrode, in the stede and place of true tydynges.1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xx. 289 They brought home comfort to their distressed Army in the stead of help.1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 35 Sometimes they shew a painted idol in the stead of him [God].(d)a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 101 It was human nature..that had lost its first heavenly life and got a bestial, diabolical life in the stead of it.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §3. 775 A Constitution..was accepted by Lewis the Sixteenth in the stead of his old despotic power.(e)1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. F8v A tall young oake he bore, Whose knottie snags were sharpned all afore, And beath'd in fire for steele to be in sted . View more context for this quotation1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminisc. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 248/1 This pleasure was to him in the stead of many libraries.
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