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/rˌiplˈeɪs/ /ərplˈeɪs/ Listen

verb

Replace v. t.

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

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

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

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."

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.

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"Replace" Quotes from Famous Books

... he would meet the Marquis Tudesco again. He had found it impossible to replace his waistcoat of ticking. Moreover, he now advised Jean to pay his ...

— The Aspirations of Jean Servien • Anatole France

... spent the early evening in attaching a new wire to his motor-cycle to replace the one he had purchased while on his disastrous trip. The temporary one was not just the proper thing, though it answered well enough. Then, having done some work on a new boat propeller he was contemplating ...

— Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle • Victor Appleton

... does the policy of co-working make Patrick pass away from his old self? We can imagine him as a member of a committee getting hints of a strange doctrine called science from his creamery manager. He hears about bacteria, and these dark invisibles replace, as the cause of bad butter-making, the wicked fairies of his childhood. Watching this manager of his society he learns a new respect for the man of special or expert knowledge. Discussing the business of his association with other members ...

— National Being - Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity • (A.E.)George William Russell

... was occupied by a fountain surmounted by a statue of Charles II. in armour, the work of Colley Cibber. Clinch in "Soho and its Associations" mentions a document of 1748, still extant, in which are recorded the subscriptions made by the inhabitants to replace the wooden palisades round the square by iron railings. This is headed by L300 from the Duke of Portland, and among the names are those of many titled and influential people, showing that fashion had not then migrated westward. It was ...

— The Strand District - The Fascination of London • Sir Walter Besant

... enough now if we press the question whether there is not good ground in all this dreary history of futility and failure, to make some attempt to govern society by the ideals of Jesus? Why should not the Church replace the jail? Why should not the offender be handed over to a company of Christian people, instead of a company of jailers, paid to be harsh, and by the very nature of their occupation trained to harsh tempers and cruel acts? Who are better fitted for the custody of the criminal than ...

— The Empire of Love • W. J. Dawson

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