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Definition of 'sted'

English

Alternative forms

* stead, stedd

Noun

(en-noun)
  • * 1500 , Le Bone Florence of Rome
    • They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd .
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser:
    • And false Duessa in her sted had borne
  • * {{quote-book
    • |year=1927 |year_published= |edition= |editor= |author=Hélène Adeline Guerber |title=Myths of Greece and Rome |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=9781465523464 |page= |passage=But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted }}

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (short for) instead of
  • :* {{quote-web
    • |date=2010-02-22 |year= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |title=Hong Kong rejoices over Berlin film prize |site=Long Island Press citation |archiveorg= |accessdate=2012-07-25 |passage=(This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’ sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’) }}
  • :* {{quote-web
    • |date=2010-05-10 |year= |first= |last= |author=Vicki Smith, Holbrook Mohr |authorlink= |title=Gulf Oil Spill: Unemployed Fishermen Struggling To Get By |site=Huffington Post citation |archiveorg= |accessdate=2012-07-25 |passage=Eds: CORRECTS name of city to 'Pass Christian' sted 'Port'. Moving on general news and financial services. AP Video. }}

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1269, sted, steddy ----

    Similar to 'sted'

    stood, stud, staid, stead, steed, sated, stod, sided, stied, sited