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1.       
   Instead (?), adv. [Pref. in- + stead place.]
   
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   1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
   
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   Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40.
   
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   Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
   
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   2. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [R.]
   
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   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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