- to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish.
- to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed.
- to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table.
- to take the place of; supersede
- to substitute a person or thing for (another which has ceased to fulfil its function); put in place of
- to put back or return; restore to its rightful place
