sted

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Definition of sted

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of stead.

“1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd.”
“And false Duessa in her sted had borne”
“But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted”

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noun

(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of stead.

“1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd.”
“And false Duessa in her sted had borne”
“But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted”
(abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of stimulated emission depletion microscope.

adv

(abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang)short for instead of

“(This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’ sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’)”
“Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian' sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video.”

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”).

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