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2 definitions found 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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