In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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
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
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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