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.
&fist; 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.
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.
&fist; 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.
