English
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Etymology
Prefix re- + place.

Verb
en-verb|replac|ing

1. transitive To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

#* The earl...was replaced in his government.--Bacon.

1. transitive To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
2. transitive To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.

#* With Israel, religion replaced morality. --M. Arnold.

1. 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 replace or supersede the duty of consideration. --Whewell.

1. transitive To put in a new or different place.

Usage notes
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.

Translations
trans-top|to substitute
Arabic: ARchar|استبد� (istábdala)
Chinese: �代 (q�dài)
Crimean Tatar: avu�tur
Czech: nahradit
Dutch: vervangen
Finnish: korvata
French: remplacer
German: ersetzen
Hungarian: kicserél
trans-mid
Italian: sostituire
Japanese: ����� (torikaeru)
Korean: ���� (daechihada)
Portuguese: substituir
Russian: замен��� (zamenját�)
Spanish: reemplazar
Swedish: ersätta
trans-bottom

Derived terms
replaceable
replacement

See also
eliminate

Category:English transitive verbs

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• 2007-11-13 13:13 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Crimean Tatar]]

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