REPLACE

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.

2.
v.

To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

3.
v.

To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold.

4.
v.

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.
v.

To put in a new or different place.

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