STEAD
\stˈɛd], \stˈɛd], \s_t_ˈɛ_d]\
Definitions of STEAD
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Place, or spot, in general.
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Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
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A farmhouse and offices.
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To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
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To fill place of.
By Oddity Software
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The place which another had or might have; as, to go to war in another's stead; use; service; advantage; as, it will stand you in good stead.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Place or room which another had or might have; the frame on which a bed is laid.
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To help. To stand in stead, to be of use or advantage.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Place or room which another has or might have-preceded by in; denoting the replacing, or filling the place, of another; the frame of a bed, as bedstead; a place or locality, as homestead; to stand in stead, to be of great advantage.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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