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steaded

steaded is the simple past and past participle of stead.

Meaning of stead

Verb

stead (third-person singular simple present steads, present participle steading, simple past and past participle steaded)

  1. (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
    • May you stead me? will you pleasure me? shall I know your answer?c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.

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Questions about steaded

What is steaded the simple past and past participle of?
Steaded is the simple past and past participle of stead.

Words near steaded in the dictionary

  1. steacyite
  2. stead
  3. steada
  4. steadable
  5. steade
  6. steaded
  7. steadfast
  8. steadfaster
  9. steadfastest
  10. steadfastly
  11. steadfastness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steaded (page history and authors); stead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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