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Definition of: stead
(sted) noun
1. Place of another person or thing: preceded by in: Serfdom came in the stead of slavery. Compare INSTEAD.
2. Place or attitude of support; use; avail; service: in the phrase to stand one in stead or in good stead.
3. A steading or farm: used chiefly in compounds: homestead, Hempstead.
4. Archaic Position; condition; place, in general.
—v.t. Archaic To be of advantage to; help; benefit; support. [OE stede place]
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