What does "instead" mean?
Instead: Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii.
Additional senses
- 2.2. 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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