replace

1. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.Examples: "When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset."; "The earl...was replaced in his government."; "Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track."transitive

2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back.Examples: "You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning."transitive

3. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.Examples: "I replaced my car with a newer model."; "The batteries were dead so I replaced them."; "Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury."Synonyms: exchangetransitive

4. (transitive) To take over the position or role from.Examples: "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."transitive

5. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of.Examples: "This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier."; "This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration."transitive

6. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.transitive