'Replace' definitions:

Definition of 'replace'

(from WordNet)
verb
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"
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
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]

Definition of 'Replace'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The earl . . . was replaced in his government. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. [1913 Webster]
  • With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. [1913 Webster]
  • This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To put in a new or different place. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'replace'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Replace'