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.