Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STEAD
STEAD, or STEDSTEAD'FAST, or STED'FAST
STEAD, v.t. [sted.]
- To help; to support; to assist; as, it nothing steads us. [Obs.] – Shak.
- To fill the place of another. [Obs.] – Shak.
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