instead of

One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.

n an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole n the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations n a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed n the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' n a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits

the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'

using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier

Two-edged instead of round