replace

Definitions

1. 1.To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
2. 2.To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed called?
• What is to supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold called?
• What is 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 called?