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1Stead — (st[e^]d), n. [OE. stede place, AS. stede; akin to LG. & D. stede, OS. stad, stedi, OHG. stat, G. statt, st[ a]tte, Icel. sta[eth]r, Dan. sted, Sw. stad, Goth. sta[thorn]s, and E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Staith}, {Stithy}.] 1.… …
2stead — [OE] Stead ‘place’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stadiz, which also produced German statt ‘place’ and stadt ‘town’. This in turn went back to Indo European *stətís, a derivative of the base *stə , *stā ‘stand’, which also produced English… …
3stead — [OE] Stead ‘place’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stadiz, which also produced German statt ‘place’ and stadt ‘town’. This in turn went back to Indo European *stətís, a derivative of the base *stə , *stā ‘stand’, which also produced English… …
4Stead Air Force Base —     …
5The Northern Echo — Typical Northern Echo front page Type Regional daily Format Compact (Tabloid) Owner …
6The Original All Blacks — The 1905 Original All Blacks. The Original All Blacks (also known simply as The Originals ) were the first New Zealand national rugby union team to tour outside Australasia. They toured the British Isles, France and the United States of America… …
7The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon — was a series of highly controversial newspaper articles on child prostitution that appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette in July 1885. Written by crusading editor W.T. Stead, the series was a tour de force of Victorian journalism. With sensational… …
8stead — ► NOUN ▪ the place or role that someone or something should have or fill: she was appointed in his stead. ● stand in good stead Cf. ↑stand in good stead ORIGIN Old English …
9Stead — Stead, v. t. 1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist. [1913 Webster] Perhaps my succour or advisement meet, Mote stead you much your purpose to subdue. Spenser. [1913 Webster] It nothing steads us To chide him from our eaves. Shak. [1913… …
10stead — [sted] n. [ME stede < OE, akin to Ger statt, a place, stadt, town < IE base * stā , to STAND] 1. the place or position of a person or thing as filled by a replacement, substitute, or successor [to send another in one s stead] 2. advantage,… …
