replace

1. v. t. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. Source: opted

2. v. t. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed. Source: opted

3. v. t. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. Source: opted

4. v. t. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. Source: opted

5. v. t. To put in a new or different place. Source: opted

6. v. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) Source: wordnet

7. v. take the place or move into the position of Source: wordnet

8. v. put something back where it belongs Source: wordnet

9. v. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items Source: wordnet

10. 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. Source: webster

11. v:100 v. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) v. put something back where it belongs Source: ecdict

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