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Replace Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Replace? [v] substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" [v] take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [v] put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" [v] put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Replace: put back \| substitute \| supersede \| supervene upon \| supplant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Replace: See Also \| change \| change \| come after \| commute \| convert \| deputise \| deputize \| exchange \| exchange \| follow \| hang up \| interchange \| lay \| novate \| oust \| place \| pose \| position \| put \| reduce \| regenerate \| renew \| retool \| set \| shift \| stand in \| step in \| subrogate \| substitute \| succeed \| truncate \| usurp Replace In Webster's Dictionary \Re*place"\ (r?-pl?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. --Bacon. 2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed. 3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M. Arnold. 4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. --Whewell. 5. To put in a new or different place. Note: The propriety of the use of replace instead of displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the practice of careful writers. {Replaced crystal} (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

Replace Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Replace?

[v] substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
[v] take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
[v] put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
[v] put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"

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Replace In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*place"\ (r?-pl?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F.
replacer.]
1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position,
   condition, or the like.

         The earl . . . was replaced in his government.
                                               --Bacon.

2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of
   money borrowed.

3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace
   a lost document.

         With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M.
                                               Arnold.

4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull
   the end or office of.

         This duty of right intention does not replace or
         supersede the duty of consideration.  --Whewell.

5. To put in a new or different place.

Note: The propriety of the use of replace instead of
      displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third
      and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of
      etymological discrepancy; but the use has been
      sanctioned by the practice of careful writers.

{Replaced crystal} (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or
   more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

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