(v) substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected), Example: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

replace

(v) put something back where it belongs, Syn. put back, Example: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

replaceability

(n) exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable, Syn. commutability, substitutability

replaceable

(adj) capable of being replaced, Ant. irreplaceable

replacement

(n) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another, Syn. replacing, Example:replacing the star will not be easy

replacement cost

(n) current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Replace

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 ]

Replaceability

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

Replaceable

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 ]

Replacement

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 ]

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