Replace

v. t.	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. Replaced crystal (Crystallog.) a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

Verb	1.	replace - 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"
	2.	replace - 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" Synonyms: supersede, supervene upon, supplant
	3.	replace - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" Synonyms: substitute
	4.	replace - 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" Synonyms: put back

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