Definition of Replaces. Meaning of Replaces. Synonyms of Replaces
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Definition of Replaces
Replace 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.
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.
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.
Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or
more planes in the place of its edges or angles.
