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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
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Definitions
replace
verb
(
replac, ing
)
(
transitive
) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
The earl...was
replaced
in his government.--Bacon.
(
transitive
) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
(
transitive
) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
With Israel, religion
replaced
morality. --M. Arnold.
(
transitive
) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfil the end or office of.
This duty of right intention does not or supersede the duty of consideration. --Whewell.
(
transitive
) To put in a new or different place.
Translations:
Dutch: vervangen
French: remplacer
German: ersetzen
Italian: sostituire
Spanish: reemplazar
Etymology:
Prefix
re-
+
place
.
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