replace

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English place English replace From re- + place.

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.”

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.”

3. To supply or substitute an equivalent with.

   “I replaced my car with a newer model.”

   “The batteries were dead so I replaced them.”

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 glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.”

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.”

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 your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack.”

8. To put in a new or different place.