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Webster 1913 Edition
Replace
Re-place′
(r?-pl?s′)
, Verb.
T.
[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 borrowed3.
To supply or substitute an equivalent for;
as, to
. replace
a lost documentWith 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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Replace
REPLA'CE
, v.t.1.
To put again in the former place; as, to replace a book.The earl - was replaced in his government.
2.
To put in a new place.3.
To repay; to refund; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed4.
To put a competent substitute in the place of another displaced or of something lost. The paper is lost and cannot be replaced.