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.
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