| 单词 | to be in stead for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in stead for c. in the stead of: (a) in the room of, in succession to (one who has died, has retired from or is superseded in an office); †(b) as the deputy or representative of (obsolete); †(c) in lieu of, instead of (a person or thing that might more naturally have been chosen,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. ΘΚΠ 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 (a) (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.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. < as lemmas |
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