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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Instead \In*stead"\, adv [Pref. in- + stead place.]
1. In the place or room -- usually followed by of
Let thistles grow of wheat. --Job xxxi.
40.
Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of
Joab. --2 Sam. xvii.
25.
2. Equivalent; equal to -- usually with of [R.]
This very consideration to a wise man is instead of
a thousand arguments, to satisfy him that in those
times no such thing was believed. --Tillotson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
instead
adv 1: in place of or as an alternative to "Felix became a
herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a
used car" [syn: {alternatively}, {as an alternative},
{or else}]
2: on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he
did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call
rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English
terms instead of Latin ones" [syn: {rather}]
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