01 adv. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
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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.
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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.