replace

Verb

1. To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
   • When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
   • The earl...was replaced in his government. - 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII:
   • Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325,...
2. To refund; to repay; to pay back.
   • You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
   • 'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent. - 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
3. To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
   • I replaced my car with a newer model.
   • The batteries were dead so I replaced them.
   • Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury. - 2012 September 20, Andrew Brown,...
4. To take over the position or role from.
   • Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a...
5. To take the place of; to be used instead of.
   • This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
   • This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. - 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity:
   • So my love, I dare say to you / Let's hold on fast to a love that's really true / The thought of losing you could never be erased / The love that I once knew could never be replaced - 1974, Gloria Scott, “Just as Long...
6. To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. To place again.
   • During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to...
8. To put in a new or different place.