replacest

Verb

replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)

1. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
   • When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.
   • You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
3. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
   • I replaced my car with a newer model.

   Synonyms:

   exchange

4. (transitive) 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...2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137
5. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.
   • This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
6. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.

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