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.
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.