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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPLA'CE, v.t.
1. To put again in the former place; as, to replace a book.
The earl - was replaced in his government.
2. To put in a new place.
3. To repay; to refund; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed
4. To put a competent substitute in the place of another displaced or of something lost. The paper is lost and cannot be replaced.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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"
2: 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" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]
3: 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" [syn: replace, put back]
4: 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 can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" [syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1595 1. to restore to a former place or position <replace cards in a file> 2. to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor 3. to put something new in the place of <replace a worn carpet> • replaceable adjective • replacer noun Synonyms: replace, displace, supplant, supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate <replaced the broken window>. displace implies an ousting or dislodging <war had displaced thousands>. supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else <was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another>. supersede implies replacing a person or thing that has become superannuated, obsolete, or otherwise inferior <the new edition supersedes all previous ones>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 put back in place. 2 take the place of; succeed; be substituted for. 3 find or provide a substitute for. 4 (often foll. by with, by) fill up the place of. 5 (in passive, often foll. by by) be succeeded or have one's place filled by another; be superseded. Derivatives: replaceable adj. replacer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Replace 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(replaces, replacing, replaced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. The council tax replaces the poll tax next April. ...the city lawyer who replaced Bob as chairman of the company... The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown. VERB: V n, V n as n, be V-ed with/by n 2. If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job. I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures... The BBC decided it could not replace her. VERB: V n with/by n, V n 3. If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead. The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it. VERB: V n 4. If you replace something, you put it back where it was before. The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver... Replace the caps on the bottles. VERB: V n, V n prep

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Reinstate, re-establish, put back. 2. Refund, repay, restore, pay back. 3. Take the place of, supply the want of, succeed, be a substitute for.

Moby Thesaurus

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