Word Meanings - REPLACE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: REPLACE

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. Note: 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 , a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REPLACE)

• Reinstate
• Rehabilitate
• restore
• reinstil
• replace
• reinvest
• Restore
• Return
• refund
• repay
• reinstate
• re-establish
• renew
• repair
• recover
• heal
• cure
• refresh
• Substitute
• Exchange
• commute
• represent
• supply
• depute

Related words: (words related to REPLACE)

• REPAYMENT
  1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• REPRESENTABLE
  Capable of being represented.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• REINVESTMENT
  The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
• REINVEST
  To invest again or anew.
• SUBSTITUTED
  Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor , an executor
• REFRESHMENT
  1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
• RESTORE
  Restoration. Spenser.
• RECOVERANCE
  Recovery.
• EXCHANGEABILITY
  The quality or state of being exchangeable. The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.
• SUPPLYANT
  Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
• REINSTATEMENT
  The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re
• REPAIRABLE
  Reparable. Gauden.
• REPRESENTATIVELY
  In a representative manner; vicariously.
• RECOVERABLE
  Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
• RENEW
  To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• REPRESENTANT
  Appearing or acting for another; representing.
• IRREPRESENTABLE
  Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
• RESUPPLY
  To supply again.
• IRRECOVERABLE
  Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
• DISREPAIR
  A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott.