Definition of INSTEAD. Meaning of INSTEAD. Synonyms of INSTEAD

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Definition of INSTEAD

Instead
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.

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