Replace
[rɪ'pleɪs] or [rɪ'ples]
Definition
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) 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'.
Inputed by Edna--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
(v. t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
(v. t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
(v. t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
(v. t.) To put in a new or different place.
Editor: Milton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Reinstate, re-establish, put back.[2]. Refund, repay, restore, pay back.[3]. Take the place of, supply the want of.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restore, supply, substitute, reinstate, rearrange, re-establish
ANT:Move, abstract, withdraw, remove, damage, deprive
Typist: Natalie
Definition
v.t. to place back: to put again in a former place condition &c.: to repay: to provide a substitute for: to take the place of.—adj. Replace′able.—ns. Replace′ment act of replacing: the removal of an edge of crystal by one plane or more; Replac′er a substitute; Car′-replac′er a device on American railways for replacing derailed wheels on the track.—Replacing switch a pair of iron plates fitting over the rails used as a bridge to replace on the track derailed railway stock.
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- It was between ten and eleven o'clock when Mrs. Micawber rose to replace her cap in the whitey-brown paper parcel, and to put on her bonnet. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Is he to replace me? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It had to break down, it had to be removed before anything better could replace it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If destroyed he never can replace it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While he was doing this Stephenson was patiently building new locomotives, and trying to induce the mine-owners along the Tyne to replace their horse-cars with his engines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Letters have proved of no avail--personal inquiry shall replace them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The pleasanter face which had replaced his, on the occasion of my last visit, answered to our summons, and went before us to the drawing-room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- India is still the empire of the Great Mogul, but the Great Mogul has been replaced by the crowned republic of Great Britain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Towards the end of October it dwindled away, and was in some degree replaced by a typhus, of hardly less virulence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The skin, however, peeled off, and new skin replaced it without any damage. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I next removed the white and cumbersome parts of my underclothing, and replaced them by a petticoat of dark flannel. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Grin away,' said Sikes, replacing the poker, and surveying him with savage contempt; 'grin away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Replacing her daughter on the couch, she smoothed the pillow and spread the sheet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The strength of a motor may be increased by replacing the singly coiled armature by one closely wound on an iron core; in some armatures there are thousands of turns of wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But they have no plan for replacing it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Changes of climate which were replacing forest by pasture, and the accidental burning of forests by fire may have assisted this development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their labour, it is said, replaces only the stock which employs them, together with its ordinary profits. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The positive metal electrode gradually dissolves and replaces the metal lost from the solution by deposit and electroplating can continue as long as any positive electrode remains. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These are the only means possible; even the windmill does not eliminate the necessity for the pump, but merely replaces the energy used by man in working it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This lowest price is that which barely replaces, with a moderate profit, the stock which must be employed in bringing the commodity thither. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Land even replaces, in part at least, the capitals with which fisheries and mines are cultivated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the phonograph, a diaphragm replaces the tuning fork and a cylinder (or a disk) coated with wax replaces the glass plate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Mamie