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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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