v. t. [ Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer. ] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. [ 1913 Webster ]

With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. [ 1913 Webster ]

This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put in a new or different place. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable or admitting of being put back into a place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of replacing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. [ 1913 Webster ]