REPLACE

replace

(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”

replace, put back

(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”

substitute, replace, interchange, exchange

(verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”; “substitute regular milk for fat-free milk”; “synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context’s meaning”

supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)

(transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back

(transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back

(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for

(transitive) to take over the position or role from.

(transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of

(transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.

(transitive, rare) To place again.

(transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

Synonyms

• (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also switch

Anagrams

• percale

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*place" (r-pls"), v. t. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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