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    stead
    stead /sted/ noun
     Language: Old English
     Origin: stede 'place'
    1. do something in sb’s stead formal to do something that someone else usually does or was going to do:
        Pearson was appointed to go in Harrison’s stead.
    2. stand/serve/hold somebody in good stead to be very useful to someone when needed:
        His years of training were standing him in good stead.