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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected);
- Example: "He replaced the old razor blade"
- Example: "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"
- Example: "the insurance will replace the lost income"
- Example: "This antique vase can never be replaced"

2. take the place or move into the position of;
- Example: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
- Example: "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"
- Example: "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
[syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]

3. put something back where it belongs;
- Example: "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"
- Example: "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
[syn: replace, put back]

4. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items;
- Example: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
- Example: "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
- Example: "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
[syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Replace \Re*place"\ (r?-pl?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. [1913 Webster] The earl . . . was replaced in his government. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed. [1913 Webster] 3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. [1913 Webster] With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. [1913 Webster] This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 5. To put in a new or different place. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

replace v 1: 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: 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" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede] 3: 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" [syn: replace, put back] 4: 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 can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" [syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

113 Moby Thesaurus words for "replace": act for, alter, attend, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, change, change places with, come after, crowd out, cut out, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, disbar, discharge, disemploy, dismiss, displace, displume, double for, drum out, emanate, ensue, expel, fill in for, fire, follow after, follow up, furlough, ghost, ghostwrite, give back, give the ax, give the gate, go after, issue, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, make redundant, overtake, pension off, pinch-hit, place in, put back, reactivate, read out of, reconstitute, reconvert, recoup, recover, recruit, reenact, reestablish, refill, reform, refund, regain, rehabilitate, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, release, relieve, remove, renew, repay, replenish, represent, restitute, restore, result, retire, retrieve, return, revest, sack, separate forcibly, shift, spell, spell off, stand in for, strip, subrogate, substitute, substitute for, succeed, superannuate, supersede, supervene, supplant, surplus, suspend, swap places with, take back, track, trail, turn off, turn out, understudy for, unfrock