Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stead
Participle: steaded
Gerund: steading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stead |
| you | stead |
| he;she;it | steads |
| we | stead |
| you | stead |
| they | stead |
Perfect
| I | have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | have steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | has steaded; stead; sted |
| we | have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | have steaded; stead; sted |
| they | have steaded; stead; sted |
Past
| I | steaded |
| you | steaded |
| he;she;it | steaded |
| we | steaded |
| you | steaded |
| they | steaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had steaded; stead; sted |
| you | had steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | had steaded; stead; sted |
| we | had steaded; stead; sted |
| you | had steaded; stead; sted |
| they | had steaded; stead; sted |
Future
| I | will stead |
| you | will stead |
| he;she;it | will stead |
| we | will stead |
| you | will stead |
| they | will stead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | will have steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | will have steaded; stead; sted |
| we | will have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | will have steaded; stead; sted |
| they | will have steaded; stead; sted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stead |
| you | stead |
| he;she;it | stead |
| we | stead |
| you | stead |
| they | stead |
Perfect
| I | have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | have steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | have steaded; stead; sted |
| we | have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | have steaded; stead; sted |
| they | have steaded; stead; sted |
Imperfect
| I | steaded |
| you | steaded |
| he;she;it | steaded |
| we | steaded |
| you | steaded |
| they | steaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had steaded; stead; sted |
| you | had steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | had steaded; stead; sted |
| we | had steaded; stead; sted |
| you | had steaded; stead; sted |
| they | had steaded; stead; sted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stead |
| you | would stead |
| he;she;it | would stead |
| we | would stead |
| you | would stead |
| they | would stead |
Perfect
| I | would have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | would have steaded; stead; sted |
| he;she;it | would have steaded; stead; sted |
| we | would have steaded; stead; sted |
| you | would have steaded; stead; sted |
| they | would have steaded; stead; sted |
Imperative
| you | stead |
| we | Let's stead |
| you | stead |
Verbs conjugated like 'stead'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stead'
snead,
steady,
steak,
steal,
steam,
stean,
stear,
aread,
atend,
bead,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to provide assistance to someone or something
- abet, aid, assist, befriend, bestead, come to someone's aid, give someone a hand, grip, help, help out, lend a hand, lend a helping hand, mend, relieve, succor, succour, support, sustain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. stede "place, position, standing, delay," related to standan "to stand," from P.Gmc. *stadiz (cf. O.S. stedi, O.N. staðr, Swed. stad, Du. stede "place," O.H.G. stat, Ger. Stadt "town," Goth. staþs "place"), from PIE *stetis-, from base *ste-/*sta- "to stand" (see stet). Now chiefly in compounds or phrases. Steadfast is from O.E. stedefæst "secure in position," from stede + fæst "firmly fixed" (see fast).
2. From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad.
3. cognates and related terms
4. Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, town”), Yiddish שטאָט (shtot, “city, town”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stad (“city, town”), sted (“place”), Faroese stað (“place”), staður (“location, place; town”), Icelandic staður (“location, place”), Norn sta (“domicile, farm”), Norwegian Nynorsk stad (“place; city, town”), Swedish stad, stadh, stedt (“city, town”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “location, place”). See the doublet stasis. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Steede', Norn 'sta'.
Sample Sentences
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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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]
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I could never better stead thee than now.[…] [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]
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Some food we had and some fresh water that / A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, / Out of his charity,—who being then appointed / Master of this design,—did give us, with / Rich garments, linens, stuffs, and necessaries, / Which since have steaded much:[…] [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]