stead /sted/

1. The place, function, role or position of another, as in act in someone's stead
2. Service, avail, advantage, as in stand someone in good stead to be advantageous to someone
3. A space of time (Spenser)
4. Circumstances, case, condition (Spenser)

1. To avail, help, serve (archaic)
2. To fulfil in substitution (Shakespeare steed up)

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